Instructor: Ani Janbazian, DBA We Spark Learning
Semester Pricing: $300, $350 (HSC)
Tuesdays: 9:15-10:15
Grades: 6th-8th
Build-A-Biz: Pizzeria Edition
As a classroom entrepreneur you will plan and create your own pizzeria and take care of the daily operations, learning dozens of practical concepts related to your new venture along the way.
What will the week's assignment be: Designing and naming your restaurant? Planning the Grand Opening? Calculating profit? Scripting a commercial? Making a brochure? Conducting an employee job interview?
In the exciting world of business, there is so much you can learn:
Writing a Simple Business Plan
Basic Economics
Money Matters
Math
Problem Solving
Marketing
Customer Service
Management
Nutrition
and Design
You will dream up pizza specials to test the market as you look for successful dishes to grow your permanent menu. Will your new recipe be a hit? Find out the following week, through a Consumer Report showing customer sales and reviews. We will track the collective profits of all class Pizzerias to earn real prizes throughout the year.
We will celebrate classroom “sales” milestones with prize boxes and a real-life Pizza Party when students collectively reach a million dollars in pizza profit!