Haney, who has been involved with Junior Achievement for more than 20 years, said he brought students to Spring Hill last academic year but they taught only in a couple of classrooms. This year, a ninth-grader led each of the school's classrooms on an economics lesson day, which makes the Oliver High School version of the Junior Achievement program different. Principal Thomas Nichols loves the arrangement. During the whole month, he said, his students looked forward to Thursdays, and the project is important for the Oliver students, too. Phipps' teacher, Andrea Weber, said the high-school students energize the classroom, and not just because they give her a break.
Kids learn by doing.
Haney said the bus rides to Spring Hill, on which students polished their lesson plans, prove the high-school students have learned, too.