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OF WATER. WETLANDS FILTER OUT CONTAMINANTS AND NUTRIENTS. NEW AT SIX. STUDENTS IN WAUKEE ARE PUTTING IN HOURS WHILE PAYING IT FORWARD. THE BRAND NEW WATERFORD SPORTING GOODS STORE IS NOW OPEN. THIS IS REALLY NEAT. IT’S LED ENTIRELY BY THESE FOURTH GRADERS. PRIOR TO OPENING, THEY DESIGNED POSTERS AND RECORDED COMMERCIALS IN ORDER TO WORK AT THE STORE. STUDENTS HAD TO APPLY AND EVEN GO THROUGH THE INTERVIEW PROCESS. WE CREATED A JOB APPLICATION AND THEN HAD A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN WORKING FOR THE STORE APPLY, AND THEN WE CHOSE SOME OF THE STUDENTS TO DO IN-PERSON INTERVIEWS, AND WE ENDED UP HIRING EIGHT AWESOME FOURTH GRADERS THAT WORK IN THE STORE, OPEN. STUDENTS COLLECTED 188 SPORTING GOODS ITEMS THROUGH A DONATION DRIVE, A
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Fourth graders open sporting-goods store to support families
Students held a donation drive to collect and provide free equipment to families in need.
Students in Waukee, Iowa, have opened the Waterford Sporting Goods Store, led entirely by fourth graders, to provide free sporting equipment to families in need.Before the store’s opening, the students designed posters and recorded commercials. To work at the store, they had to apply and go through an interview process.”We created a job application and had a lot of students that were interested in working for the store apply. We chose some of the students to do in-person interviews and ended up hiring eight awesome fourth graders who work in the store,” said physical education teacher Joe Burch.Students collected 188 sporting goods items through a donation drive, making the equipment available for free to families in need. Additional donations can be dropped off at Waterford Elementary any time during the school day.
Students in Waukee, Iowa, have opened the Waterford Sporting Goods Store, led entirely by fourth graders, to provide free sporting equipment to families in need.
Before the store’s opening, the students designed posters and recorded commercials. To work at the store, they had to apply and go through an interview process.
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“We created a job application and had a lot of students that were interested in working for the store apply. We chose some of the students to do in-person interviews and ended up hiring eight awesome fourth graders who work in the store,” said physical education teacher Joe Burch.
Students collected 188 sporting goods items through a donation drive, making the equipment available for free to families in need. Additional donations can be dropped off at Waterford Elementary any time during the school day.
