Several days after, business teacher Matt Childers was ecstatic with Market Day’s performance.
“It was really successful,” Childers said.
Childers and the applied business development class felt good about Market Day, and the feedback they received reinforced this idea.
“All the feedback that I received, both from students within the class, students throughout the building, and teachers were all really impressed with how it was presented,” Childers said.
Besides the success, Childers had other insights.
“It seemed more efficient this year just based on how they rolled through their processes of serving,” Childers said.
Some stands, like Notty & Nice, sold out completely.
“We didn’t have enough,” junior Bracey Golden said.
Overall, Market Day had its success, but behind-the-scenes changes were made that might have gone unnoticed.
“I didn’t make changes, but some rules came from the district office, that kind of forced a different way of handling things,” Childers said. “It used to be that students in the class were able to keep their profits. Last year, that was changed, and now any profits go to an account that our entrepreneurship kids can then spend on something within the class.”
One of the only requirements was that students had to make their own goods.
“As it were, we’ve done a little bit differently, this particular market day, they actually had to produce their own goods for sale,” Childers said.
Despite these changes, students still got to walk home with some of the spoils.
“We had a little bit of take home for ourselves because of the work we put in,” senior Cooper Stueven said.
One group consisting of seniors, Stueven and Gavin Bohon, were given the opportunity to sell Texas Roadhouse rolls alongside homemade cinnamon butter.
“Texas Roadhouse rolls and butter, but we made the butter,” Stueven said.
Even with a few limitations, students did not have it easy preparing for market day.
“As an entrepreneur, you’re the one responsible,” Childers said. “You have to market it. You have to figure out what products sell. You have to figure out the price points. You have to figure out everything about it.”
