Entrepreneurship project closes with the carnival
Students from the high school held a carnival for the fourth grade students from two of the elementary schools in the district.
November 8, 2009 • Andrea Sessions, Reporter
Filed under News
The Entrepreneurship classes held a carnival in the lower gym of the Belton High School. Wednesday, November 4. The fourth grade classes from Scott Elementary and Cambridge Elementary walked around the gym and participated in the games and activities the students made for them.
Once the students were dismissed from their classes they had approximately ten minutes to fully set up their booths before their customers arrived. Many groups still had a lot to do when the kids showed up and had to finish getting everything together as the children started wandering around the gym. The intensity level increased when lines began forming and the competition officially started.
Sophomore Krista Johnson said getting everything together was kind of stressful but she thought her group was prepared for the carnival.
“Even though it moved pretty quickly it was still a lot of fun,” Johnson said.
Sophomore Josh Allred said that trying to get the kids to come to his booth was the most stressful part.
“I’d probably say it was more hard work than stress,” Allred said. “I think if my partner had been there things might’ve ran more smoothly.”
The fourth graders went around spending their twenty tickets at the booths of their choice. The teachers that brought the fourth graders to the high school rounded the kids up when the carnival and the competition came to an end.
Business teacher Kara Lamfers said the carnival ran smoothly with all of the separation the students did.
“I would say it was very successful from the looks on all of the students’ faces and the comments from the students and the teachers from the fourth grade,” Lamfers said. “Some of the students were more successful than others based on their net profit.”
Sophomore Krista Johnson and sophomore Andrea Sessions won the competition. They collected the most tickets and had the largest profit. Johnson and Sessions made $246 and ended up with a profit of $86.25 after their expenses had been deducted.
Johnson said she feels pretty accomplished about winning the carnival.
“We did pretty well,” Johnson said. “It was a lot of hard work at first, but it definitely paid off.”
Allred said the project allowed the students to be creative and to create their own business plan.
“It gave us the opportunity to think outside of the box without having any authority over you,” Allred said.
Lamfers said she thinks the students learned what they were supposed to learn from the carnival.
“I think the biggest thing they learned was the time it took to actually start a business,” Lamfers said.
Lamfers plans to do this project again next year when she has another entrepreneurship class.
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Dude, I was a part of that carnival and the only really good part was the end. Just sayin.
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