Student Led Blazer The Blazer Stop is a student store at Gardner Edgerton High School. This store is student led and part of the Career and Technical Education curriculum that gives students an idea of what they want to pursue after high school. This year, there are eighteen students in the Marketing Applications class who are the workforce behind The Blazer Stop. Jaylene Freeman, GEHS Marketing Applications Teacher, leads the class but allows the students to drive the direction of their store. The Blazer Stop collaborates heavily with DECA (the marketing club) advisors
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and the groups share curriculum and ideas with each other. Each one of the eighteen students have a specific role to carry out the day-to-day operations. The roles are divided into five teams: Promotions, Finance, Apparel, Food and Beverage, and Human Resources. Promotions handles displays for the store, creates and posts social media content and plans promotional events. Finance is working on updating and tracking inventory, analyzing data, making deposits and communicating with USD 231 Finance Director, Jeremy McFadden, to bring debit card transactions to the store.
The Apparel team is creating new products to be sold and are branching out to pre-order sales for special events at Gardner Edgerton High School. The Food and Beverage team has brought a lot of change this year. They have contacted Coca-Cola about the addition of a large cooler to sell bottled drinks. The team has also met with Director of Nutrition Services, Amy Droegemeier, and GEHS Kitchen Manager, Brenda Cloud to discuss compliance with nutritional guidelines. Cloud allows The Blazer Stop to order product through her which greatly benefits the program from both a cost
