New Venture Adventure
By: Mrs. Nikia Hunt
THANK YOU TROTTER’S
GREENHOUSE!
By: Allison Varah
9
I'm thankful for Trotter’s Garden Shoppe and
Learning Center. They are great community
members, school supporters and Art Advocates
as well. This fall the greenhouse coordinated a
pumpkin contest with the art dept, me. Early
this month the students enjoyed the experience
of walking around the pumpkin patch and
finding their very own special pumpkin. This
week the students will be painting that pumpkin
in art class! They will be on display in the blue
building until students take them home
Thursday after school. Results (pictures) of the
contest will be in the December newsletter.
Thanks for being so awesome Trotters Garden
Shoppe and Learning Center!
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Litchfield Public School students had the opportunity to
attend “New Venture Adventure” day in Kearney at UNK on
October 15, 2015. This day was sponsored by the UNK
Enactus and included some wonderful educational activities
as students worked together in groups to create a mock
business, complete with marketing and financial projections.
The day started with a check-in at the NE Student Union,
where students received a colored t-shirt, which identified
them as members of a specific group number. Groups
consisted of students from several different schools working
together, granting them a great networking opportunity. To
help facilitate introductions, each group was assigned a UNK
student to guide them through the process.
Groups went through some “ice-breaker” activities, then
began a brainstorming and planning session. After this time,
students presented their business ideas and projected funding
necessary to real bankers and went through the realty
application process to secure a location for their mock
business.
Once they had secured a loan for the site of their business
(either through traditional or high-risk funding), students
created a mission statement, made international trade
decisions, created an ethics case and business cards, and
created a financial statement. These items, in combination
with an advertising poster and jingle, were presented to a
panel judges.
Top ideas and presentations were awarded at the closing
ceremonies. Students attending included: Lori Bay, Tessa
LeFever, RaNay Casper, and Kyle Betke. Some ideas our
student’s groups came up with were: Ardent Athletics
(creating custom athletic apparel), NEP (Neatest Ever Pen- an
advanced pen), Phone Defense (custom phone cases), and
Road Runner (errand running services).
Lori Bay’s group won Manufacturing League Winner. Kyle
Betke’s group won Service League Winner, and Grand
Champion (overall winner) at the event.