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Over the past few weeks, our Belleville Middle School students have participated in annual seventh grade Market Day. This hands on opportunity offers students the chance to learn about economics and finances first hand. Students designed their own products as well as marketed and sold them to their classmates and staff. Market Day allows students to use their own ideas to help them learn about a market economy.

Throughout the Market Day experience, students have to deal with many aspects of owning a business. First, they need an idea of what to sell. After an idea, students market thei...