Download Paw Print Presentation – Lincoln County

A STUDENT RAN BUSINESS
Classroom Partnership
 The Journalism department currently printed posters, cards, invitations, etc.
for businesses and the school.
 They wanted to expand and market that program and turn it into an actual
business.
 They asked the business department to partner with them.
 This was the start of the discussion of the student ran business.
2015 – 2016 School Year
 The idea was developed to create a student ran business.
 Students would learn the process of running a business.
 Each student would have a role/job within the business they were responsible for.
 What type of business the students were going to run changed over time.
 Coffee Shop
 Video Productions
 Screen Printing
 Mr. Curtis and Mrs. Flinn attended several workshops on student ran
businesses and the process that we should follow.
Paw Print was developed
 After a lot of discussion and
matching curriculum within the
departments it was decided that
a screen printing shop would be
best.
 It also had the benefits of helping
the community
 Lincoln does not have one
 Nearest shop is 40 miles away
Funding
 At this point we had to figure out
exactly how we were going to
fund the program.
 Buy equipment
 Attend training
 Build an inventory
 We had about 8 months at this
point to figure this out to be up
and running by the next school
year.
LET THE GRANT WRITING BEGIN
 From this point we began writing
grants. Anything that we could
find that was relevant we wrote a
grant for.
 We found and wrote 7 grants of
relevance to our project.
 We were awarded 6 grants
Award Process
 Post Rock Community Foundation
 Dane Hansen
 Association of Retired Teachers of
Kansas
 Carl D. Perkins Grant
 This had to be used for training
 Lincoln County WEB Development
Fund
 VOYA Financial
 NexTech Wireless Donation
 The entire program was funded
by grants.
Next Step: Summer 2016
 Design the class
 Set up student roles
 Find a classroom we could set up
shop.
 Order equipment
 What did we need?
 Go to training
 Attended training in St. Louis at
Lawson Screen Printing
 Paid for by the Carl D. Perkins
Grant.
The Paw Print Business
The students run the
entire business. From
talking to the customer
to the final printing and
invoicing. Each student
had to apply for a job
within the business.
 Manager
Many jobs are assisted
by other students.
 Invoice/Accounts Payable
 Sales
 Press Operator
 School Outreach Director
 Graphic Designer
 Vinyl Operator
 Social Media Director
 Purchasing
Operations
 The Paw Print business has grown
a lot in just one year.
 A lot of lessons have been
learned by the students.
Quality Control
Profit Margin
Waste Management
Customer Relations
Profit
 For each product made $1 is
given back to the school or
community.
 The decision is made by the
students who operate Paw Print.
 They will decide at the end of the
year how their earnings will be
spent.
A couple
shirts that
were
created
by our
students.
Services Provided by Paw Print
 Apparel Screen Printing
 Up to 4 colors/side
 Vinyl Design
 Banners
 Signs
 Vinyl Application
Order form for Lincoln Grade School shirts created by our students
A Few Team Projects
 Helped Student Council with shirts
for a Red Out (American Heart
Association) and Pink Out (Breast
Cancer Awareness)
 Team up with the Lincoln
Recreation Department to
provide shirts for youth athletics.
 Provided vinyl signage for the
schools.
More Projects
Lincoln Historical Society
Banner For Local Business
Kindergarten Shirts
Sold Yard Signs For Local Bond
Future Goals
 Paw Print would like to expand to
provide an embroidery machine.
 Partnership with a local business
to provide a retail shop to sell our
apparel downtown.
 Purchase a vinyl printer
 Create accounts to become a
retailer of name brand products.
Vinyl Sign Advertising Our Business