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8th Grade Crafters Edge
Class Organization Craft Fair and Flea Market Field Trip 7th Grade Orientation
Dances
Dance Chaperone Forms
Dance Dates
Dance Guest Forms
Info for Out-of-Town Guests
Dance Rules
Product Order Forms
(Available September through November 15th)
Calendar Order Form
Notecard Order Form
Photo Order Form
Pie Order Form
Employee Forms
Employee Benefit/Eligibility Form
Morning and Lunch Meetings
Crafters Edge was founded in the fall of 1982 by the eighth grade class at Main Street Middle School in Montpelier, Vermont and is presently in its 26th year of operation. Students in the program are responsible for running a business through integrated activities in Family & Consumer Science, Art and Digital Technology. Business operations include running seven school wide dances a year, production of saleable products, managing a craft fair of 50+ vendors, operating a diner serving breakfast and lunch at the craft fair, and selling products in school. Although the dances run throughout the school year, the actual business course is taught only during the first 12 weeks of the school year.

The focus and design of the Crafters Edge leadership program is to provide learning opportunities for students in the areas of communication, reasoning and problem solving, personal development and civic and social responsibility within the Vermont Framework for Standards. While everyone is working towards meeting the standards, individuals have various responsibilities and perform them in different capacities. In the late spring of their seventh grade year, students are oriented to the program, complete job applications and are interviewed by the instructors for positions within the company. These positions include: President, Vice President, Financial Managers, Secretary, Advertising Managers, Dance Coordinators, Disc Jockeys, Department Managers, Department Supervisors, Associate Chefs in Family & Consumer Science, and Associates of Product Design and Production in Art and Digital Technology. As students enter their 8th grade year, everyone is raring to get involved.

Students celebrate their accomplishments with a class trip and also donate a portion of their proceeds to needy organizations. Over the years, groups have made contributions to organizations like the “Times Argus” Santa, Battered Women’s Services, Make-a-Wish Foundation of Vermont, Montpelier Food Pantry, Central Vermont Humane Society, American Diabetes Association, Families in Crisis, Montpelier Fire Relief Fund, the United Negro College Fund, Prevent Child Abuse Vermont, Armed Forces Emergency Services of the Red Cross and Invisible Children, Inc.-Darfur. In addition, each class had given generously to enhance various programs at Main Street Middle School.

Crafters Edge Instructors:
Irene Farrar, David Aja, Susan Monmaney