Students work in teams of four with a faculty mentor to develop a business plan for a company that they would like to own. The curriculum includes concepts of profit motive, supply, and demand, legal requirements, taxation, marketing, record keeping, financing, investments etiquette, and dressing for success. This is a two-week residential program on campus. Rising 11th and 12th graders. A three-week residential science program housed on the Benedict campus.
Participants engage in scientific activities from the laboratory and in the field.
Program is held in partnership with church, academic, industry, and the community. Designed for students entering 8th-11th grades. The overall goal of the project is to promote the humanities among elementary and middle school students in a non-threatening, fun, but educational environment. The focus is on creative writing, dramatic arts, foreign language, computer skills, music, arts and crafts, martial arts, and physical recreation. Lunch is provided.