The goal of this grant will be to used to give more choices to young entrepreneurs when they are designing their group products to sell at our school marketplace day. Their products are designed, developed and produced all by these 5th grade emboldened entrepreneurs.

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Emboldened Entrepreneurs

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School:
Veterans Memorial Elementary 
Subject:
Entrepreneurship 
Teacher:
Brigitte Thompson 
Students Impacted:
125 
Grade:
Date:
July 30, 2022

Investor

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Kevin and Nancy Walls - $756.86

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Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 130

This Cricut Maker machine and the supplies that went will it allowed my students the choice of materials for their projects.  I had one group who used vinyl as a covering for a pencil cup that could be attached to your desk.  I had another group use the cricut to cut out words from Heat Transfer Vinyl and made fabric bracelets that had emotion words on them so people could see the mood that the bracelet wearer was in from happy or sad and even bored or energetic.  Lastly I had 2 groups that designed stickers for their entrepreneurship projects using the Cricut machine.  This machine and these materials gave these young entrepreneurs a choice in how to make a product but also the type of materials they could make it out of.

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A pencil pouch made from faux leather and wood cir

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Students pitching their sticker designs to our pit

 

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Getting feedback on their vinyl covered pencil cup

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VME's Pop Up Market

 

Original Grant Overview

Goal

The goal of this grant will be to used to give more choices to young entrepreneurs when they are designing their group products to sell at our school marketplace day. Their products are designed, developed and produced all by these 5th grade emboldened entrepreneurs. 

 

What will be done with my students

Through out the year, 5th grade students will be studying entrepreneurship. They will learn how to design a solution to a problem, along with learning what being an entrepreneur means, the ins and outs of starting a business, and life skills like creating a budget. The students will have the choice to use the cricut maker to make their product out of paper, vinyl, faux leather and even balsa wood. 

 

Benefits to my students

By designing, developing, and producing their products these 5th grade entrepreneurs will build not only life skills but they will also build confidence in themselves to try new things and even step out of their comfort zone and feel confident that they can succeed. The life skills that they will learn will help them be confident in living their lives. 

 

Budget Narrative

The Cricut Maker has the ability to cut several different materials including paper, vinyl, balsawood, sticker paper and faux leather. It can also cut stencil material so students would be able to make a stencil that they could use to paint onto other materials. The tools make weeding the materials possible and the boxes help everything keeps these emboldened entrepreneurs organized. 

 

Items

# Item Cost
1 cricut maker $425.00
2 Faux leather set $16.99
3 Wood Slices (no bark) - 1 set $19.99
4 Wood Slices *(with bark) - 1 set $17.99
5 Cricut Cutting Matt set - 1 set $9.25
6 Transfer Tape (1 role) $15.99
7 Vinyl Bundle - 1 set $23.99
8 Paper Cutter $31.79
9 Tool Storage - 1 set of 6 boxes $14.95
10 balsawood - 1 set $25.99
11 Cricut Tools - 3 set @ 7.99/set $23.97
12 Heat Transfer Vinyl - 1 set $44.99
13 Cricut markers 2 sets @17.99 each $35.98
14 Accessories Bundle - 1 set $49.99
  Total: $756.86

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