Cool Kids Club teaches kids to start their own business, to collaborate

Cool Kids Club (CKC) students learn appreciation for entrepreneurship with the EntrepreneurShip Investigation program(ESI).

This is the second year CKC has had the ESI program, said teacher Amy McMannis, students collaborate ideas in groups of two, they put together a business plan just as they would if they were starting their own company.

Students begin the process by brainstorming an idea, from that initial idea the students come up with a design, and a prototype to present to the bank.

“Students are free to choose their own product,” McMannis said, “I think this year, there were things lik...