Exchange City: where experience is the best teacher and students run the city!
Michigan - SPRING 2010 Program
20330 Superior, Taylor, MI
Registration Deadline: November 20, 2009
At-Home Program Begins: November 23, 2009
Training Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010 10:00am - 3:00pm
Simulation Date: Friday, June 11, 2010 10:00am - 3:00pm
ATTENTION MI Homeschoolers - It takes a long time for us to register 80 students for this program. Please register early and help us spread the word so we can run this program successfully for your students - Thank you! Register by calling 978-741-7449.
Rhode Island - FALL 2009 Program
321 Harborside Boulevard, Providence, RI
Registration Deadline: September 18, 2009
At-Home Program Begins: September 21, 2009
Training Date: Monday, November 30, 2009 10:00am - 2:00pm
Simulation Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 10:00am - 2:30pm
Discounted Hotel Accomodations available at RAMADA Seekonk/Providence located at 940 Fall River Avenue, Seekonk, MA by calling 508-336-7300. Only $79 plus tax per night, includes complimentary sit down, cooked to order breakfast. Ask for Block #CG9112 or reference the Family Resource Center of New England. Offer expires 30 days prior to Training Date. Do NOT book on-line.
During the Exchange City experience, students learn first-hand what it takes to create a business, advertise their company, market products and services, supervise employees, hold elected office, and personally earn and manage money.
Students and parents work from their home to complete a 35 hour Economics curriculum prior to their visit to Exchange City for the culminating two-day activity of running their town.
FRC members: $50.00 per student
Nonmembers: $75.00 per student
This fee includes student checkbook, online instructional manual, workshop and ongoing support, and the two-day simulation experience at Exchange City.
Restricted to ages 9 and up
Credit Hours: 45 Hours (Economics)
All inquiries should be directed to the FRC at 978-741-7449 or FRC@FRC.info.
This is a student drop-off program. There will be a call for 16 adult volunteers to work both days of the program but all other adults will be required to drop off their students. There is ample time for photos and observation if parents arrive 30 minutes prior to the scheduled pick-up on either of the program days.
More about Exchange City:
After a job hiring process that includes creating resumes, completing job applications and having job interviews, students are hired to one of 60 different jobs at Exchange City!
Students take on roles of business owners, entrepreneurs, employees, public officials, consumers and citizens in a wide variety of businesses. These include: City Bank; Radio Station; Post Office; Health Center; Newspaper; Utility Company; Restaurant; Distribution Center; City Hall and a variety of retail stores and other businesses.
Students create a business plan, calculate payroll expenses, plan advertising, take on accounting services, purchase materials, pay rent, pay taxes, and utilities.
Students also apply for a commercial business loan, write radio and newspaper advertisements, design business signs and logos, and create business slogans.
Students and their businesses pay taxes, bills and repay loans as they market a product, make payroll and live within the laws of the city.
Click here to view web ads created by previous Exchange City business teams:
