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A STUDENT RAN BUSINESS

Classroom Partnership

 The Journalism department currently printed posters, cards, invitations, etc. for businesses and the school.

 They wanted to expand and market that program and turn it into an actual business.  They asked the business department to partner with them.  This was the start of the discussion of the student ran business.

2015 – 2016 School Year

 The idea was developed to create a student ran business.

 Students would learn the process of running a business.  Each student would have a role/job within the business they were responsible for.

 What type of business the students were going to run changed over time.

 Coffee Shop  Video Productions  Screen Printing

 Mr. Curtis and Mrs. Flinn attended several workshops on student ran businesses and the process that we should follow.

Paw Print was developed

 After a lot of discussion and matching curriculum within the departments it was decided that a screen printing shop would be best.

 It also had the benefits of helping the community

 Lincoln does not have one  Nearest shop is 40 miles away

Funding

 At this point we had to figure out exactly how we were going to fund the program.

 Buy equipment  Attend training  Build an inventory

 We had about 8 months at this point to figure this out to be up and running by the next school year.

LET THE GRANT WRITING BEGIN

 From this point we began writing

• grants. Anything that we could

find that was relevant we wrote a grant for.

 We found and wrote 7 grants of relevance to our project.  We were awarded 6 grants

Award Process

 Post Rock Community Foundation

 Dane Hansen

 Association of Retired Teachers of Kansas  Carl D. Perkins Grant

 This had to be used for training

 Lincoln County WEB Development Fund  VOYA Financial  NexTech Wireless Donation  The entire program was funded by grants.

Next Step: Summer 2016

 Design the class

 Set up student roles  Find a classroom we could set up shop.

 Order equipment

 What did we need?

 Go to training

 Attended training in St. Louis at Lawson Screen Printing  Paid for by the Carl D. Perkins Grant.

The Paw Print Business

The students run the entire business. From talking to the customer to the final printing and

• invoicing. Each student

had to apply for a job within the business. Many jobs are assisted by other students.

 Manager  Sales  Press Operator  School Outreach Director  Graphic Designer  Vinyl Operator  Social Media Director  Purchasing  Invoice/Accounts Payable

Operations

 The Paw Print business has grown a lot in just one year.

 A lot of lessons have been learned by the students.

Quality Control Profit Margin Waste Management Customer Relations

Profit

 For each product made $1 is given back to the school or community.  The decision is made by the students who operate Paw Print.  They will decide at the end of the year how their earnings will be spent. A couple shirts that were created by our students.

Services Provided by Paw Print

 Apparel Screen Printing

 Up to 4 colors/side

 Vinyl Design

 Banners  Signs  Vinyl Application

Order form for Lincoln Grade School shirts created by our students

A Few Team Projects

 Helped Student Council with shirts for a Red Out (American Heart Association) and Pink Out (Breast Cancer Awareness)  Team up with the Lincoln Recreation Department to provide shirts for youth athletics.  Provided vinyl signage for the schools.

More Projects

Banner For Local Business Sold Yard Signs For Local Bond Kindergarten Shirts Lincoln Historical Society

Future Goals

 Paw Print would like to expand to provide an embroidery machine.  Partnership with a local business to provide a retail shop to sell our apparel downtown.  Purchase a vinyl printer  Create accounts to become a retailer of name brand products.

Vinyl Sign Advertising Our Business