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From the NS News:

École moguls set to pitch perfect

After months of sizzle, it’s time for the steak.

Approximately 100 of École Boundary elementary’s most enterprising students are set to sell their trinkets, gadgets, ornaments and accoutrements Thursday, Dec. 1, at the school’s first-ever Young Entrepreneurs Evening.

“They’ve been making their own products and hopefully they’re going to sell them,” says Grade 6 and 7 teacher Mia Mavor.

The fledgling free enterprisers have spent months crafting business plans and preparing prototypes as part of a new segment of the curriculum called Applied Design.

“We give them feedback but we don’t guide them,” Mavor explains. “In the end, ​not making money (Correction - to make or not make money)will be their lesson.”

Lessons so far have revolved around finding price points and doing market research, which could be something as simple as asking classmates which colour looks better.

Many students are hoping to sell bath bombs they made following a YouTube tutorial. Other products include jewelry, dog biscuits, and bookmarks.

“Some kids have written their own books and are trying to sell them, so that will be interesting.”

A couple standout ideas include a light switch cover that looks like the panels in a Marvel comic book and a scented Christmas tree decorations.

“They’re telling me they’ve been making (the products). We’ll find out, won’t we?” Mavor says with a laugh.

The students are set to give 10 per cent of their profits to charities including the SPCA, charities supporting cancer research, B.C. Children’s Hospital, and the Harvest Project in North Vancouver.

“Some of them want to donate all of their money to charity,” Mavor notes. “I’m not going to tell them they can’t give it all away, but the idea was for them to get the idea of earning some money.”

The school gym is set to open at 5 p.m. (Correction 6:30)​