BIZTOWN!
This year our three fifth grade classes had the opportunity to go to Biztown. This was the second time our team and school participated in this program and it is quickly becoming the "highlight" of every student's fifth grade year at Sexton Mountain. The word is spreading through the younger grades like a rampant case of head lice.
The premise of the program is to interactively teach kids about economics, community development, government, and civic responsibility through hands-on and engaging curriculum provided by the wonderful team at Biztown. Our job as teachers is to teach our students the ways of "adult" world through twenty different lessons. After lessons on business, business ethics, philanthropy, and civic responsibility the students elect a Biztown mayor, create resumes, fill out job applications, apply for jobs, and participate in a group interview with staff members. Now they're ready to be put into their business teams. Each business consists a CFO, CEO, and various other titles pertinent to that particular business. They work together to create newspaper ads, TV ads, set prices and many more things related to operating a successful business.
Ultimately, the big trip to the Biztown warehouse comes a few days later. The students - with the help of parent volunteers - run their own city for the day. Long story short, it's a hoot of a time for all. Especially, teachers because we get to sit back the entire day at Biztown while the kids and they're parents run the show. Great times!
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