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title: Young Entrepreneurs in Collier Schools Build Products that Reflect Pandemic Times
description: "Entrepreneurship for middle school students at CCPS.  Carlos Artime, director of CTE said,  \"Kids took at it like fish to water...They loved it.\""
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# [Young Entrepreneurs in Collier Schools Build Products that Reflect Pandemic Times](https://www.unchartedlearning.org/newsroom/young-entrepreneurs-in-collier-schools-build-products-that-reflect-pandemic-times)

 Written by [Rachel Fradette](https://www.unchartedlearning.org/newsroom/author/rachel-fradette) | 01.04.21

Since 2011, Collier high school students have participated in entrepreneurship programming through Uncharted Learning, a not-for-profit that develops youth entrepreneurial programs. The middle schools followed suit in 2016.  What started with clubs is now offered as an elective course for middle school students due to high interest, Carlos Artime, director of career and technical education, said.

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