On Wednesday, April 21st the Elkhart Middle School participated in an exciting event that showcased 22 students sharing their business creations. The students were asked to create a written executive summary, four minute verbal presentation and visual trade show. The students were taught about finances, marketing, logo creation, name recognition of a company, product manufacturing, profit and making a loan at a bank. The students were accompanied by Ms. Villa/Elkhart Middle School principal, Marty Long/Kansas State Representative, Vienna Lee/Morton County Economic Development Director, Christy Preston/Product Manager, Rural Entrepreneurship from NetWork Kansas and Michelle Hanes/YEC EMS Coordinator with informative presentations to the students during the Awards Ceremony. Eight awards were presented to 7th & 8th graders competing in the EMS YEC Competition including 1st through 6th Places, Most Creative and Most Professional. The following students participated in EMS YEC competition as shown in photo.
EMS YEC 2021
April 22, 2021