04-04-2025
Oakwood School in Greenville hosts annual Market Day for students
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — The Oakwood School in Greenville had its annual Market Day Friday, Apr. 4, 2024.
This event featured over 80 start-up businesses from middle school students from home-made make-up to creative crafts, and ethnic snacks, students facilitated their own business make-ups.
The businesses sold their goods throughout the district and even donated their proceeds.
'They come up with their business product, their idea. They come up with a name for it. They make their labels, business cards, fliers. They actually make the product,' Steam Facilitator at The Oakwood School, Patsy Johnson said. 'They have to decide how much it costs. There's a lot of math involved. If there's a need for that product and then when they finish their product, we sell it on our market day and all the proceeds that they raise goes to their charity of choice.'
The Oakwood School receives a grant each year to promote student businesses. The Chamber of Commerce also honored each student with a ribbon cutting to officially kick off their start-ups.
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