Dillard 6-12 Center has partnered with Wells Fargo and Broward College to bring the LEEO program to our students. This year, it has decided to teach the students to hone their sense of business through LEEO's Finance program. Already the classes who will participate and the project managers have been identified. These project managers have chosen their team of managers, after meeting with the classroom facilitator, or teacher, to see whose skills best lent themselves to which duties. Students were told to dress for success and interviewed by their management team and all are awaiting their new hire orientation.
From there, each class will begin to build its portfolio of items needed for their final presentation, which includes a business plan, a marketing plan, devising organization charts, drafting a host of letters, and the caveat to the project is the planning of their grand opening. These programs channel the skills needed to pass the various Microsoft Certification tests that our students will sit for this year, ultimately preparing them for being responsible for managing our campus stores: a bookstore which sells school supplies, and a convenience store which opens at 2:45 to feed the needs of our hungry teens.
Apollo is integrating the skills they are learning to create green technology. With this they are not only learning the basics of being ecological, but also learning the sole fundamentals of being innovative in their approaches to green living. On top of this, they are becoming more aware of the environmental impact that they, their community, and the country have on the world. By learning these skills and this information, they can create novel ways of bettering the environment around them and allowing others to do the same.
