The highly anticipated Senior Business Week kicked off last week at Santa Fe Christian’s campus, filled with the tantalizing scents of Raising Cane’s, Board n Brew, and City Tacos. This project is an end-of-the-year economics project in which seniors work in groups of about six people to choose a product that they can then sell to the school community. Participants take on different roles within their groups, such as CEO, CFO, CMO, and HR, to learn about the challenges of running a business.
Students meet with SFC leadership to understand their daily responsibilities, come up with a business idea, and pitch it to a panel of entrepreneurs. The group that raises the most money gets to donate a class gift to SFC. Students like Bryn Henson expressed excitement about the hands-on experience and valuable skills gained during Senior Business Week.
Senior Business Week is designed to test students’ communication, planning, and execution skills before they graduate and move on to their next endeavors. According to Billy Thompson, a high school teacher at SFC
