Explorers Entrepreneur Fair- Heartland Charter School

This field trip is for Heartland Charter School students and their families.

This is project-based learning at its finest! Your student can plan, make, and sell items of their choice. It is open ended! You may sell handmade products, homegrown produce, repurposed items. Feel free to be creative! Food, crafts, products, service (for example, face-painting), carnival games (it costs to play), etc. It’s the student’s own business, so they set the price and they make the money.

Please be sure to have a standing sign to advertise your booth, what you are selling, and prices of the items. There will be poster boards and markers there if you want to quickly make your posters there before the fair begins. Parents will help their student secure their money. For example, the student could wear a fanny pack or a parent could man the cashbox. Please bring your own change to make change when selling your products.

We encourage families to turn in a sample that is linked to the field trip that you attended during your next learning period. It helps to ensure that we can continue to provide these trips and their educational value.

Heartland field trips are designed for families to attend together. Students need to be accompanied by an adult chaperone. If your student will be attending with another family, please indicate this when you register your student and let the field trip host know once you complete your registration. Any student that is registered without a chaperone will have their reservation canceled unless the family reaches out to the field trip lead and lets them know which registered chaperone will be responsible for their student.

**To ensure the health and safety of all attendees, please do not attend a field trip if you, your student(s), or anyone in your household is ill or showing possible signs of illness.**

*Masks will be required for all indoor field trips per California state guidelines.

Please read our refund policy!

Refunds will not be given. As a courtesy, if you are sick or unable to attend a field trip, please contact the teacher that planned the event to let them know so they do not wait at the venue for you. You may not send a different family in your place as we will not have a waiver for them.

Can I pay using my funds? This field trip is FREE!

Does this trip have any height, weight, and/or age restrictions? All ages are welcome.

What are the check-in procedures? Sales will begin at 10:00am. Please plan on arriving at 9:30 to set up your booth.Parent and student will check in at the table with an HST

Is there on-site parking available? Ample Parking on Site.

Can we pack snacks or lunch for this event or field trip? Yes.

Please do not bring food that contains peanuts to any Heartland event.

How do I contact the event organizer?

Name: Kathy Velasquez

Email: kathy.grace-velazquez@heartlandcharterschool.com

Phone: 805-406-6068

The purpose of the Heartland Explorers Program is to encourage our students to enhance their sense of community through interest-based career exploration and instruction. We offer a fully virtual program (all sessions are held in Zoom) and a fully in-person option. Students meet with regionally based groups each week (some regions meet 3 times per month), delving into careers including education, business/finance, fashion/interior design, transportation, manufacturing/product design, and hospitality/recreational tourism. Students attend field trips centered around the career theme for the month and also attend a Park Day where our HSTs lead hands-on lessons. Explorers meet on Wednesdays at 1 PM (some start times may vary based on field-trip locations) beginning in September and ending in March.

Sign-ups for the 22-23 school year Explorers Program will be available in May. The cost is $125 per student per semester and is non-refundable.