The Young Entrepreneurs Academy is for students in grades 9-12 who have demonstrated creativity, innovative ideas, academic effort, determination, enthusiasm, the ability to communicate, and a commitment to their community and family. Students who apply to the YEA! should be responsible individuals who pursue goals with tenacity. Prior experience in business is not required.
The Young Entrepreneurs Academy is an AWESOME program that teaches young people how to build their own business, including making a business plan, budgeting, and marketing, among other things. They also have the opportunity to meet with many local business people on Staten Island and around NYC and build their professional networks. The culminating event of this program is a "Shark Tank" type of panel where students present their business plans to a panel of investors who actually invest money into the businesses.
YEA alum from McKee HS include Adam Said (Neph-Thys Studios), Jessica Padillo (Creations by Jay), and Stephon Barrett (Re-Furb). The students who have participated in this program have always raved about it and everything they've learned from the program. Apply now to be a part of this great program!
Applications are accepted and student interviews are conducted on a rolling basis. The YEA will grant admission to a max of 24 students annually. Applications for the 2015-16 academic year will be accepted until such time as the class cap is achieved. Applications can be picked up in the Guidance Office by your Guidance Counselor (Ms. Pecora Jrs & Srs; Ms. Ippolito Fr. & Sophs; Ms. Licata AVID).
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Young Entrepreneur's Academy
The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) is coming to RALPH R. MCKEE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL!
Do you have a big idea? Have you always wanted to start your own business? Do you have an invention or project that you want to take to the next level?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should apply for the Young Entrepreneurs Academy, or YEA! YEA will be offered beginning in the fall, and will take you through the process of brainstorming a business idea, writing a business plan, pitching your plan to investors (think Shark Tank meets American Idol meets the Apprentice), obtaining funding and launching a REAL business. Start as a student, and finish as the CEO of your own company!
The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) is coming to RALPH R. MCKEE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL!
Beginning in the fall, students at MCKEE will have the unique opportunity to start and launch their own REAL businesses or social movements, by participating in the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!).
Started at the University of Rochester in 2004, YEA! began as a weekly class, taught on the University campus. YEA! has since expanded to other colleges, chambers of commerce and schools. YEA! will be offered at McKee beginning in September, 2013.
Over the course of the year, students will brainstorm ideas, write business plans, pitch their plans to a group of investors, obtain funding, launch their enterprise and actually sell their products or services. Along the way they will file paperwork with the County Clerk's office; work with business professionals to, among other things, build a brand identity and create a website; hear from local business owners; and participate in a Trade Show.
Applications are now being accepted for the 2014YEA! Class. Applications can be downloaded from http://www.yeausa.org/pdf/SiteApplications/YEA!%20Staten%20Island%20Application%202013%202014.pdf
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should apply for the Young Entrepreneurs Academy, or YEA! YEA will be offered beginning in the fall, and will take you through the process of brainstorming a business idea, writing a business plan, pitching your plan to investors (think Shark Tank meets American Idol meets the Apprentice), obtaining funding and launching a REAL business. Start as a student, and finish as the CEO of your own company!
The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) is coming to RALPH R. MCKEE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL!
Beginning in the fall, students at MCKEE will have the unique opportunity to start and launch their own REAL businesses or social movements, by participating in the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!).
Started at the University of Rochester in 2004, YEA! began as a weekly class, taught on the University campus. YEA! has since expanded to other colleges, chambers of commerce and schools. YEA! will be offered at McKee beginning in September, 2013.
Over the course of the year, students will brainstorm ideas, write business plans, pitch their plans to a group of investors, obtain funding, launch their enterprise and actually sell their products or services. Along the way they will file paperwork with the County Clerk's office; work with business professionals to, among other things, build a brand identity and create a website; hear from local business owners; and participate in a Trade Show.
Applications are now being accepted for the 2014YEA! Class. Applications can be downloaded from http://www.yeausa.org/pdf/SiteApplications/YEA!%20Staten%20Island%20Application%202013%202014.pdf
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