Enterprise Village 2012
ICS Grade 5 students participated in the Stavros Institute Enterprise Village again this year,.
Enterprise Village is a self-contained economic education program that provides a hands-on learning experience for students. They spend 8 weeks in their classroom studying economic education objectives that teach them about writing checks, keeping a checkbook register, applying for a job and working in groups. These educational objectives are put into action as the students spend one day at the Village. This space is similar to a shopping mall. During their business day, students work in one of 20 businesses, take 3 breaks, receive paychecks and have the opportunity to be consumers by making purchases in one of the business-sponsored storefronts. Without a doubt, this is considered to be by most students their best educational experience in elementary school.
The Enterprise Village program assists students by allowing them to:
- Develop basic economic concepts,
- Understand relationships between business and consumers,
- Use quality concepts in business and consumer planning,
- Develop a basic understanding of checking and savings accounts,
- Understand a simple decision-making process,
- Work together to satisfy customer’s expectations.
Almighty and eternal God, who created us in Thy image and bade us to seek after all that is good, true and beautiful, especially in the divine person of Thy Only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant, we beseech Thee, that, through the intercession of Saint Isidore, Bishop and Doctor, during our journeys through the internet we will direct our hands and eyes only to that which is pleasing to Thee and treat with charity and patience all those souls whom we encounter. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
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