The Entrepreneurship/Marketing classes of Buchtel, East, Kenmore/Garfield and North participated in The Spark competition. Students were asked to create a 60-90 second video promoting an idea, product, or service of their design. Students displayed their videos before business leaders from the area and explained their inspiration for the idea and then answered questions from the judges. The contest took place at Akron Public Schools administrative building on March 4, 2020.
Proposals included:
- (First Place) Shipping-container community for the homeless
- (Second Place) App to encourage young women who struggle with self-image issues
- (Third Place) Teen after-school alternative club
- Contact lenses that dissolve while sleeping
- Electric gloves that warm-up in the car
- Food truck to provide an alternative to school lunches
- Electronic object sterilizer
- Smartphone linked stove/oven camera
- Akron wifi service for underprivileged students
- App that pulls together community services for the unemployed/under-employed
Winners:
1st Place
Amaree Clark and Nicholas Reese
North High School
Shipping-container community for the homeless
Video is linked here: El Piso Homeless Community
2nd Place
Ja'Niyah Carter and Mackenzie Grinstead
East CLC
App to encourage young women who struggle with self-image issues
3rd Place
Jonathan Bologis
Buchtel CLC
Teen after-school alternative club
This contest was part of a grant from Burton-Morgan encouraging entrepreneurial projects by students.