For the 130 students in the business program at Susan Wagner High School in Staten Island, the opportunity to design and run their own company has been life-changing.
The students are part of a class called Virtual Enterprise – a four-year high school business curriculum where students learn industry skills by creating a mock company. The course is offered in dozens of schools across the city through the Education Department’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) office.
“It’s such a great experience — there’s nothing like it,” said 17-year-old senior Sukhraj Singh, who was part of a team that won first place in a citywide competition last year, plans to study business, and recently received a college scholarship from a mentor he met through the course.
