Braves Crossing Spotlight

Braves Crossing Staff Learns The Tools Of The Trade

— Ariana González, General Reporter

Getting hands on experience and being a part of the marketing joined to explore the way the marketing world works and how process proves to be a helpful opportunity for students who want things are done. to follow a marketing career path, but it is not offered at all high “You get to learn more about the business side of things,” Johnschools. For Mandan High School students, one of these opportu- son said. “You also get to put into practice what you have been nities is the Braves Crossing school store. taught.” The Mandan High School school store offers an inside look at Another student who is a part of the school store staff is senior what the marketing world is like by putting into practice skills Blake Kilen, who enjoyed the marketing classes and decided to like selling items, creating items and designing items like school continue on that path. merchandise and items with Mandan High School logos. “I just liked the class for the 3 years that I was here so I took “They take the skills that they learn in marketing and apply the school store class,” Kilen said. them into a real world setting,” Mr. Fry said. “That basically re- Senior Ryan Ulrich decided he wanted to be a part of the volves around the use of Mandan High School and the logos and school store staff after watching the upperclassmen work on it everything else that we do.” during his freshman year. The Braves Crossing school store sells a large variety of “I took this class because over the years I enjoyed marketing products. They sell everything from shirts to water bottles. The classes so I wanted to continue that with the school store,” Ulrich two products that have been the most popular at the moment said. “And watching some of the older kids working on it made it include one which has become a part of everyone’s life during seem like something I wanted to do my senior year, so that is why COVID-19. I decided to take it.” “Definitely the face masks, and water,” senior Braden Ressler For students who are interested in or planning to go into a said, a student who is a member of the Braves Crossing school marketing career path, the Braves Crossing school store is a great store staff. opportunity to gain experience and to learn more. However, the best-selling product is not always determined by how many items are sold. “I would say it kinda depends on what you are talking about, if you are talking quantity of items, it is gonna be water,” Mr. Fry said. “We sell flavored water. Volume-wise, I would probably say the hockey jerseys.” As the Braves Crossing school store staff walks the marketing path, the school store also proves itself to be a great opportunity to explore specific elements of marketing that have peaked their interest, such as management. One of these students is Braden Ressler, who is interested in the marketing career path. “I have an interest in working management, just thought it would be a fun class as well,” Ressler said. “This is just kinda Photo by Ariana González the path I wanna take and this Pictured from left to right are junior Kendall Blair, senior Alexas Johnson, senior class could help me later on.” Alexas Johnson, a student who is a part of the school store, Blake Kilen, senior Ryan Ulrich, senior Braden Ressler and senior Paige Ressler. These six students are the faces behind the Braves Crossing school store. News 06