Business Name Student Names
Cocoa Delight
Hearty Challah
Friends for Life
Cloud 9 Confections
Cap and Color
Sticky & Stylish
SNA Games
Bulldog Bucks
The Hooping Headquarters
Slime Hut
Daneilla Vega, Belen Genao, Olivia Merino Aviles
Emma Lebowits, Cayla Rabinowitz
Siana Acharya, Kaden Schmidt
Emma Lee and Krushna Ghanekar
Chase Edwards, Cyrus Moradmand, Ace Williams
Vera Batrachenko
Samar Hirawat, Nico Trokel, Aiden Park
Alex Brown, Ilana Burrell, AJ Moisse
Winston Kodak and Cole Weiss
Ava English, Paloma del Rosario, Brandon Vitti
Zola Zoey Ramadi, Kayla Schneiderman
Custom Cookies
Isla Bateman, Saachi Randev
Sno Ben Cui, Kabir Bhatia, Mason Weigner
Goat Battle
Hot Spot
Bobarama
Dynamic Craft Dimensions
Gloss and Soap
Soccer Star Fan T Shirt
Magnets
Shoot N’ Prize
The Scent Shop
Krunchy Krisps
LaJeannette Chocolatier
The Jewelry Studio
Bubbly Designs
ZAL Sports Socks
Omolara Akiwowo, Seha Burak, Mya Stiller
Kaveer Dhillon, Naveen Maharajapatel, Jad Baker
Amir Newman, Ethan Zeng
Callie Haddad, Brian Gutmann
Allie Klyman, Alya Ipekci Bettaieb, Hattan Lu
Garrett Thomas
Dylan Chen, Ryan Cho
Ian Chung, Cole Milsom-Holme, Aidan Yan
Val Epstein, Maddie Duda
Adela Chung, Adison Kim, Vicky Kwon
Olivia Goodlet, Virginia Brown
Aadya Jain, Channing Rose, Sienna Hahm
Rudy Jin, Ally Kwon
Zayn Hashmi, Aiden Perez, Logan Perez
TREP$
TREP$, short for enTREPreneur$, is a project-based learning program that teaches kids in grades 4-8 how to start their own business. They learn the lessons in classroom, afterschool, or remote workshops, and apply them at home as they build their business with the support of their families. The whole school community comes out to enjoy the TREP$ Marketplace, held right at the school or online, where the young entrepreneurs launch their businesses together. TREP$ can be offered as part of the curriculum or as an extra-curricular enrichment program, It can be taught by teachers or by volunteers in the school community.
The goal of this project was to cultivate growth mindset and a multitude of interdisciplinary skills through an authentic learning experience. Over the past three months, the sixth-grade students have brainstormed ideas, empathized with potential customers in focus groups, learned about business finance, made their products, designed ads, and more. They exemplified the qualities of collaboration, creativity, engagement, curiosity, initiative, risk-taking, critical thinking, and perseverance. They were working not for a grade but rather to make the world better by raising funds for causes for which they are passionate about. Students had a great deal of autonomy and had to navigate their own challenges. I am incredibly proud of all the students.
Thank you so much for supporting them.
Colleen Larionoff, Innovation Coordinator
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• Alex Stanko, Fernando Morillo, and the CTY Team: Advisor to Culinary Groups
• Diane Cebulski: Materials Ordering
• Angela Artale: CFO
• Narciza Loja: Treasurer
• Elizabeth Tausner and Mannie Daughtry: Guest Speakers on Advertising
• Bart Klemensowski and Valerie Berrios: Graphic Design, Media & Communications Support
• Mannie Daughtry: Adbook Layout
• Peter Waltman, Sheila Weinstein, Emily Ortiz, Hyo Kim, Julia Tazelaar, Chris Carroll: Focus Group Panelists
• Jackie Simon and Facilities Team: Scheduling Set-up and Clean-up
• Tasha Urbanowski and Ariel Levitan: Student Support
• Jonathan Davis and Diana Gross: Overall Support
• Tasha Urbanowski and Ariel Levitan: Student Support
• Sarah Macone: 6th Grade Team Lead
• Kara Makohan-Moore, Sam Wallman, Linda Segar, Charlie Burke, Lydia Scrivanich: Supervision and Mentorship
• Lydia Scrivanich and Rachel Brusky: Artistic Input
• Belen Geneo, Dani Vega, and Olivia Merino-Aviles ‘31: Front Cover Art
• Khaveer Dhillon, Jad Baker, and Naveen Maharaja-Patel ‘31: Back Cover Art
A special thank you to Print Solutions for making many of these projects possible.
