To prepare to compete in a global economy, Knapp Charter Academy sixth graders are studying microfinance…yes, microfinance…in 6th grade!
Student business teams (groups of four or five students) have developed a product - a keychain - that they sell, with proceeds from the sale of that product going to a local charitable organization.
Each business team has a manager who oversees product development, sales people who sell the finished product and producers who make the product. The students consider cost strategies, market strategies and determine which charity receives money raised by product sales.
Friday, the business teams are presenting their developed products to the community and a $500 check to The P.O.R.T. (Pediatric Oncology Resource Team) at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital.
WHO:
Knapp Charter Academy sixth grade microfinance students and a representative from P.O.R.T. at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital
WHAT:
Sixth graders studying microfinance present their own business ideas, sales plans and developed products to the community. They will also present a $500 check to P.O.R.T. at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital with money raised by product sales. The microfinance lessons are designed to prepare young children to compete in a global economy!
WHEN:
Friday, June 10th
8:20 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
WHERE:
Knapp Charter Academy
1759 Leffingwell NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49525