Program Info
Learn
to Lead
Tour Local Businesses
Develop a growth mindset
Meet local Leaders
Compete for prize money
Learn About their Community
Now Accepting Applications for our next class!
Who?
Venango County Juniors & Seniors
What?
Connecting People, Ideas & Opportunity
Where?
PennWest Clarion Venango Campus
when?
September - May
Monday - Thursday
12:15PM - 2:05PM
Benefits of joining us
- Laptop to keep upon graduation
- Chance to win a $1,000 scholarship
- Monthly field trips
- Tour local businesses & meet owners
- Fridays off
- Opportunity to earn college credits
- Get to know students from other schools
- Learn to write your own business plan
- Listen to regular class speakers
- Prepare for your future career & life
Providing local high school juniors and seniors with a unique year long immersive experience to develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills as well as the confidence to be successful in an ever-changing, business world.
eAcademy Curriculum Design
The eAcademy curriculum is purposefully and systematically designed with four primary program areas.
Entrepreneurial Mindset
Real World Experiences
Startup Business
Soft Skill Development
Entrepreneurial Mindset
The eAcademy academic curriculum is based on a nationally-acclaimed college textbook and a combination of programs, publications and lessons that are specifically tailored for high school juniors and seniors. Collaboration with PennWest Clarion offers our students the opportunity to earn college credits while at the eAcademy.
Not Typical Activities
Resourceful - Figure it Out
Independence - Learn to Lead
75% Facilitation - 25% Lecture
real world experiences
Students participate in field trips to small medium, and large businesses in diverse regional industries. Speakers with various experiences engage with the students having meaningful conversations about career paths and what they wish they would have known when they were eighteen years old.
"The eAcademy helps you meet new entrepreneurs in your area; you get to hear their stories while you are creating your own." Taylor 20' Titusville
Speaker Series
Monthly Field Trips
Dolphin Tank
Demo Day
startup business
Students will pre-incubate a business idea, develop and write a business plan and build a prototype. Students will pitch their final businesses in a "Demo Day."
"The eAcademy has opened my eyes to different opportunities within the business world and has given me insight on what it would be like to be a business owner." Laney 20' Oil City
Pre-Incubate a Business Idea
Build & Lead Teams
Strengthen Skills & Confidence
Soft Skill Development
Students already have a good knowledge base of reading, writing, and math from their school districts. The eAcademy provides skills that employers are looking for: how to think, to reason, weigh evidence, problem solve through innovation, self-resourcefulness, communicating through conflict, self-motivation, and independent task management.
"You walk into a room filled with strangers as a dependent high
school student. You walk out of the room with a new family as
an independent adult." Lindsey 16' Commodore Perry
Networking
Communicate in Teams
Communicate Through Conflict
eAcademy Alumni
eAcademy participants are not limited to those pursuing business endeavors, but include students interested in a diverse range of careers. Regardless of their life path, a growth mindset is beneficial to all students.
Questions
& how eAcademy answers them!
Are you prepared for life after high school?
Our program provides high school juniors and seniors with a unique year long immersive experience to develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills as well as confidence to be successful in life.
Would you enjoy getting out of the classroom?
Students are provided the opportunity to venture out of the classroom and get to know the surrounding business community on a monthly basis. These field trips allow students to see the business material they have learned applied in real businesses in our community.
Do you want to earn college credits?
Through PennWest Clarion, students are provided the opportunity to participate in online, dual-enrollment courses. Students do not have eAcademy on Fridays, providing time to work on these additional courses and get a jumpstart on their future education.
Are you tired of the traditional high school experience?
eAcademy provides students the opportunity to learn in a hands-on way, with a 75% facilitation and 25% lecture program structure. Students are able to directly apply what they learn in lecture to projects and witness it at work in real life with guest speakers and on our field trips.
Do you have an interest in learning how to thrive in a business environment?
Whether or not you have an interest in starting a business, managing one, or simply working in a business, the business world touches us all, and eAcademy can help students familiarize with the business world before they enter it.
Do you like technology?
Technology is a regular part of the eAcademy program. We have a 3D printer to be used by students for prototyping, and a computer is included in tuition that the students may keep upon graduation from the program.
Are you interested in meeting people?
Students will regularly hear from guest speakers on a variety of entrepreneurial and career topics. They will also receive the chance to interact with business owners and community leaders on our monthly field trips.
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