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Sustainable Business
Second Grade students finalized their Entrepreneurship unit and started a business that creates and sells reusable grocery bags!
The class learned how to create a business plan and heard from a team of women at Price Waterhouse Cooper about business loans and financial literacy. Madre Dallas, a design team run by Hockaday moms and alumnae, came to talk about female-run businesses and how to make smart, sustainable products. Students learned how to create a brand, market a product, sell the product, and the different models of using business to create social impact. They created a logo that encourages consumers to recycle and use reusable bags rather than plastic and will donate their profits to a local non-profit working to keep the environment clean.
The finished product was sold for $10/bag, and the logo artist, Elise V, even signed a few bags for buyers!
The unit is part of the class’s Social Impact theme, The Environment. “What I want the girls to understand is that they can already be doing things to help the environment,” said Lauren Douglass, Second Grade teacher. “They can make positive impact right now. The girls are thinking about conscious consumerism, and easy changes they can make that make a big difference.”
The Hockaday School
Within the private school community, The Hockaday School is an independent college-preparatory day school for girls from grades PK–12 located in Dallas, Texas. Students realize their limitless potential through challenging academic curricula, arts, athletics, and extracurricular programs so that they are inspired to lead lives of purpose and impact.
The Hockaday School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law in the administration of its educational, admissions, financial aid, athletic, and other policies and programs.
The Hockaday School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law in the administration of its educational, admissions, financial aid, athletic, and other policies and programs.