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The next generation of entrepreneurs BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
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t the end of every semest e r, H e m p f i e l d H i g h S c h o o l te a c h e r C h r i s Hanusa assigns a special project to the students in his entrepreneurship class. Like many other classes’ final assignments, the project requires students to demonstrate what they’ve learned in the course. But this is
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GOTR seeks superstars for spring season BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
Girls on the Run (GOTR) Lancaster will open registration for its upcoming spring season on Thursday, Feb. 15. The organization will have teams in multiple school districts in Lancaster County and the surrounding area, and girls who are in third,
fourth or fifth grade are invited to sign up with their local group. Registration will remain open online at http://tinyurl.com /GOTRlanc24 until the first week of the season, which will kick off on Monday, March 11. Over the course of the 10-week spring season, GOTR teams will meet twice a week See GOTR pg 2
no standard written test; Hanusa’s students are tasked with creating their own business plan to win over a panel of investors on Hempfield Shark Tank. Halfway through last semester, teams of Hanusa’s students started the project by exploring potential innovations and marketable solutions. Once the teams chose their business plans, they spent the next few weeks getting feedback from friends, relatives, local entrepreneurs and members of the public. If a team did not receive the desired feedback on its product, Hanusa allowed its members to modify their plan and rework the product. As the last day of the semester ap proache d, students were given one week to polish their prototypes and write the perfect pitch. Hanusa then invited representatives from Market Street Sports Group and Wheatland
GOTR team members in Hempfield School District were supported by coaches, relatives and community members during a 5K celebration last year.
Sometimes, candy does grow on trees BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
Students (from left) Devnah Triveldi, Wanda Owens, Ava Hernandez and Sophie Carson designed the CozyCap, a heatable winter hat.
Federal Credit Union to serve on a panel of investors for students to market their ideas to. “ T he goal is for students to experience the process of legitimately starting a business,”
Hanusa said. “They learn how to go about creating and funding a business with real-world experience, which can be tough to incorporate in education.” Hanusa’s students designed
If you’ve lived in southeastern Pennsylvania for more than a year, you are likely familiar with the region’s inconsistent weather patterns that accompany the changing of the seasons. As winter draws to a close every year, the frigid nights are contrasted with warm days, confusing local wildlife and Lancastrians alike. Although it might be inconvenient for residents to leave the house with a warm jacket
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they won’t need for another 12 hours, the erratic weather makes the area a perfect place to find nature’s sweetest treat: maple syrup. Maple trees that are located in cold climates accumulate sap in their trunks and roots to prepare for winter. In early spring, the trees convert the sap’s starch to sugar, after which it is pumped throughout their branches to grow new leaves. The process relies on the alternating daytime and nighttime temperatures See Maple sugaring pg 2
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“The goal is for students to experience the process of legitimately starting a business.”