YEA Schuylkill Chamber

YEA Schuylkill Chamber Young Entrepreneurs Academy(YEA!)turns students into entrepreneurs.The Schuylkill chapter closed 2020 DETAILS
The YEA! Schuylkill chapter is inactive.

This page highlights alumni of the YEA! Schuylkill chapter from the classes of 2015 through 2020.
> Affiliations -- Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce and Schuylkill Chamber Foundation, Inc.
> 30-week program running from late October to mid-May
> Student ages -- grade 6 to 12
> Weekly classes at Penn State Schuylkill Campus on Tuesdays, 5:30 to 8:30 pm
> Over 100 business community members interact

with students!
> Registration period: Early registration by July 1; Regular registration by October 1.
> Application process: Submit application, then schedule an interview through the program manager (contact [email protected] for application)
> Students may enroll from across Schuylkill County and beyond
> Open to Public, Private, Homeschooled students
> Tuition -- The cost per student of $2,500 is primarily funded by generous business sponsors and donors. The student's portion is $495 in tuition. (A non-refundable $10 application fee is also required.) The Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce reduces tuition to $295 for early registrants by July 1.
> Scholarships are available to help with remaining tuition! Contact [email protected] for scholarship form.
> A $9,000 purse is held by investors who may award funding to student businesses at their discretion!

Address

1 Progress Circle, Suite 201
Pottsville, PA
17901

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

Telephone

(570) 622-1942

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The Young Entrepreneurs Academy of Schuylkill is an exciting 30-week extracurricular program offered to students in grades 6 to 12. Through hands-on experience, students formulate an idea for a business, write a business plan, pitch for funding, and launch a real business by the end of the program. Classes are held at host site Penn State Schuylkill on Tuesdays from 5:30 to 8:30 pm. Field trips are planned to meet local entrepreneurs who host a tour of their businesses. Over 100 businesspeople share their professional skills and experiences as guest speakers, mentors, business plan reviewers and more. Special public events engage students at the CEO Roundtable, Investor Panel, and Trade Show.

The YEA! Investor Panel is held in March where students have just 5 minutes to pitch for funding to investors who control a purse of $9,000. Students then use investor awards to launch real businesses or social movements at the Trade Show in May.

Each year one business is chosen as the Schuylkill Saunders Scholar to compete in Rochester, NY against YEA! students from across the United States, India and China. The Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce and YEA USA pay for the student and a family member to travel and attend the Saunders Scholar Competition for 3days/2nights in the first week of May.

A YEA! Diploma is awarded at Graduation along with certificates of achievement from government officials and the Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce. Students emerge from the Young Entrepreneurs Academy with improved confidence, communication skills, a support network in the business community, and a real business they may continue after graduation.