Enterprise Village

Sonny attended Enterprise Village on January 9th 2009 in Pinellas County. Sonny was the Bright House Reporter. He interviewed all the managers in the village as well as passing out and picking up all the remote controls. He also had to write checks and balance his checkbook register.
From the website:
Enterprise Village is a self-contained economic education program that provides a hands-on learning experience for students. They spend 8 weeks in their classroom studying economic education objectives that teach them about writing checks, keeping a checkbook register, applying for a job and working in groups. These educational objectives are put into action as the students spend one day at the Village. This space is similar to a shopping mall. During their business day, students work in one of 20 businesses, take 3 breaks, receive paychecks and have the opportunity to be consumers by making purchases in one of the business-sponsored storefronts. Without a doubt, this is considered to be by most students their best educational experience in elementary school.

The Enterprise Village program assists students by allowing them to:

* Develop basic economic concepts,
* Understand relationships between business and consumers,
* Use quality concepts in business and consumer planning,
* Develop a basic understanding of checking and savings accounts,
* Understand a simple decision-making process,
* Work together to satisfy customer’s expectations.