A2o*Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 7,1992
Holly Milk Hosts
School Economics Class
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
YORK SPRINGS (Adams
Co.) —High school students in rur
al Adams County livened up a
“dry” economics course by partici
pating in the Junior Achievement’s
applied economics program with
nearby Holly Milk. The idea was to
present agricultural illustrations
into economic class settings while
the students learned the mechanics
of business and marketing.
The students are seniors at Ber
mudian Springs High School. Hol
ly Milk is the manufacturing plant
of the Atlantic Dairy Cooperative
that provided the educational and
financial support. And Junior
Achievement is a non-profit orga
nization that promotes economic
education with practical experi
ence through a partnership
between the business and educa
tional communities.
“They not only taught us the pro
cess of business,” said Ken Toner.
‘They taught us to be better people.
Because they brought people in to
show us about how to apply for a
job. we learned what we should
and should not do in an interview.”
Tanya Petty said she learned
things she did not know about busi
ness because the class sold bears to
fellow students at Christinas.
“We learned how a corporation
works ” Petty said. “We sold stock
and ran the corporation. That really
helped me leant how to run a
business.”
Jason Forsythe was impressed
with the examples of different sal
ary and benefits packages. The stu
dents were given three different
examples and asked to decide
which package would be to their
best advantage.
“We were divided into groups to
discuss the packages,” Forsythe
said. “After we discussed it, in the
end the package that had the least
pay with the most benefits would
be the best package to accept.”
Jason Balek learned about how
products are priced. “People think
that products are outrageiously
priced,” Balek said. “But we priced
the bears just high enough to pay
our expenses, commissions and
pay back the stockholders. We
found that the the cost of produc
tion and marketing really deter
mines the price.”
Curt Chronister said he learned
that the workers really determine
the outcome of how die business
runs. "They showed us what would
happen if one person in the
assembly line was not working up
to his ability,” Chronister said.
“The line would slow down and
things would be defective.
These students related to agri
culture in different ways. Several
thought farming would be a desir
able occupation, others gave agri
culture an average rating and sev
eral students rated agriculture’s
desirability as an occupation as low
as a three in the scale of one to 10.
But they thought fanners were
very inportant in the overall eco
nomy because they bought equip
ment and supplied food for con
sumers. The students were
impressed with the sanitary condi
tions in the milk plant.
They said chemicals and fertiliz
ers were necessary but also believe
that farmers are concerned about
the welfare of their animals and
were concerned about the environ
ment They mentioned the contour
strips in fields to hold soil erosion
as an example.
Marsha Smith, financial con-
trailer, and William Schreiber,
CEO of Holly, were the primary
consultants. TTieir main task was to
help students to understand the
relevance and importance of the
economic theories learned in class.
In the process, students also
acquired a better understanding of
the importance of the agricultural
industry.
The students made butter,
created an assembly line for pro
duction, conducted a board meet
ing, and observed the operating
decision and employment process.
The concluding activity was a tour
of Holly Milk’s facility.
Cheryl Reinecker, class teacher,
said the course includes character
istics of the American economic
system and principles that influ
ence business decisions and fosters
appropriate economic decision
making skills. “The unselfish sup
port of the personnel from Holly
Milk is really appreciated.”
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These students at Bermudian Springs High School in rural Adams County were part
of the senior economics class that participated with Holly Milk In the Junior Achieve
ment Applied Economics Program. In the photo taken at the school are, left to right,
Curt Chronister, John Balek, Ken Toner, Jason Forsythe and Tanya Petry.
Reinecker said. “They have done you put in the article that we want So there you are, students. Your
much to help the 25 students in the to thank Holly Milk for helping us requests are in the article. And the
course to better undersand both the want to come to class?,” they answers from Holly are; “You’re
economic system and agriculture.” asked. “And will you ask them to welcome,” and “Yes, we will do it
And the students agree. “Will do it again next year?” again.”
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