School News: Anythink to Host Tournament for Young Entrepreneurs

Students at Landmark academy at reunion celebrate first annual latin culture week

Landmark Academy at Reunion , a tuition-free public charter school, recently hosted their First Annual Latin Culture Week, a week focused on educating students on the various aspects of Latin culture, from music and art to sports and celebrities, through unique activities. During the week-long celebration, students were able to step into the lives of the Aztecs, Incas and Mayans with Latin culture lessons through piñata making, cultural crafts, songs, traditional foods and more. Students made maracas and learned a traditional Mexican Hat Dance; created Aztec suns working with metal tooling; and studied different countries in Mexico , Central America and South America . Aztec dancers from the Colorado Folk Arts Council also visited with students and educated them on the spiritual and traditional aspects of Aztec culture through dance. “We reside in a community with strong Latin and Hispanic roots,” said Matt Carlton, principal of Landmark Academy at Reunion . “Our community culture is important to us at Landmark. By providing unique ways for our students to learn the various backgrounds of our diverse community they are able to understand and appreciate different cultures.” For more information about Landmark Academy at Reunion , please visit www.landmarkacademy.org.

February 01, 2012

Anythink to Host Tournament for Young Entrepreneurs

Competition Aims to Promote Business Dreams

THORNTON, Colo. –February 1, 2012–Over four Saturdays in March, young business minds will have the chance to learn how to become entrepreneurs in a tournament hosted by the Adams County Workforce & Business Center and the Governor’s Summer Job Hunt Program. The goal of the Young Entrepreneur tournament is to inspire, educate and encourage young adults ages 14-21 in a competitive entrepreneurial environment that prepares them to start and run a successful business.

The tournament’s workshops will be led by entrepreneur Nick Tart, founder of JuniorBiz, LLC, and facilitated by staff from the Adams County WIA Youth Program. Tart came up with the idea for the competition a few years ago while volunteering at the Larimer County Workforce Center , and received the Governor’s Summer Job Hunt Award for running the inaugural tournament last year in Fort Collins .

“I wanted to create something that was more designed to get kids to actually start businesses rather than to just get them to think about it,” he says. “In order to make something real, they just need to see a little bit of success. As soon as they get that first $100, it switches something in their brain and it makes them think, ‘This is something that works.’”

The workshops will be held at Anythink Wright Farms from 9 am to 2 pm on the following dates:

• Saturday, March 10

• Saturday, March 17

• Saturday, March 24

• Saturday, March 31

Participants will be selected through a competitive application process. Application forms can be downloaded from adcogov.org or picked up at Anythink locations and the following Adams County Workforce & Business Centers:

Aurora

Brighton

3538 Peoria St., Suite 511

303-363-9380

Adams County Government Center

4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, 1st Floor, Suite W5000

720-523-6900

The deadline for submission is March 2. Space is limited; early registration is encouraged.

About AnythinkTM

Anythink is a new style of library – a place of unlimited imagination, where play inspires creativity and lifelong learning. Rangeview Library District serves the residents of Adams County with seven Anythink libraries and Anythink in Motion – the district’s mobile library – and is one of the recipients of the 2010 National Medal of Museum and Library Service from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. For more information, go to anythinklibraries.org.