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A day of innovation for students at the 2013 Marketplace for Kids
Scott Wagar
03/19/2013
Six schools participated in this year’s Marketplace for Kids event, which was held on the campus of Dakota College at Bottineau on March 12.
Marketplace for Kids is an education program that grants students in middle school the opportunities to discover entrepreneurship through classes by showcasing their own innovations and creativity.
This year, students came from Bottineau Middle School, Belcourt’s Ojibwa School, Belcourt’s St. Ann’s Catholic School, Rugby’s Little Flower School, Rolla’s Mount Pleasant School and Westhope Public School.
A number of local educators and business leaders lectured on a variety of subjects, some of the classes included: “Fiber Optics – Communication,” “Drill Baby Drill,” “What is ‘Precisionag’ – New Technology in Agriculture,” “Tree Sticks Tell time” and “Greenhouse Adventure.”
The students also brought creative inventions to the event they exhibited, some of which included a pan with a ruler that cut bars perfectly straight, a new basketball sneaker, a high tech sled, an automatic dog walker when owners are not at home to take their pets outside, ear warmers that play music, flip flops that glow and an improved hockey glove that assist a player’s shot.
Marketplace for Kids kicked-off with an opening rally in Thatcher Hall’s gymnasium by providing special music by Bottineau High School’s Vocal Ensemble. An opening rally followed the music with the presentation of the Colors by Girl Scout Troop 10185 and the National Anthem by BHS’s Vocal Ensemble.
Dr. Ken Grosz, dean of Dakota College at Bottineau, gave welcoming remarks, while Angie K. Bercier, president of Paragon Water Solutions, was the event’s guest speaker.
After the opening rally, the students attended classes and viewed the different projects their fellow students had created for the event. It ended with a closing rally where the students were granted recognition for their projects.
Aimee Erdman, who helped coordinate the event stated that she was pleased with the day’s events.
“The event went well,” Erdman said.