Students, parents and staff are always in the news, letting the general public know what innovative projects are going on within these walls. It is run entirely by students aged 8-11 years old or by students in the 3rd through 5th grades. Their laws are made by the City Council. Most segments of society are represented by Micro employees. For forty-five minutes a day, four days a week Micro employees are using the skills that they have learned in their classrooms.
Students learn and explore careers, use math to compute taxes, tuition and bank balances.
Writing resumes and completing job applications are just a few samples of the language skills that are being applied. Students learn about economics,law, government functions, citizenship, responsibility and related consequences. They learn important interpersonal skills in working with fellow students. They can tell you why a market survey is important and what causes inflation. Students whose families do not have a positive work ethic are unaware of the relationship of learning to living a productive life.