Photos: Economics Mets Real Life
— Photo by Joann Gigante
Reaching for perfection: Westmere parents shop at the fifth-grade Marketplace on Jan. 3 as Jacob Adams, in the foreground at right, answers a customer’s questions. “Parents and second-graders were given checks or ‘cash’ to buy items. Students put their new economics skills into practice as they had to record purchases, add up profit and make change,” said Westmere teacher Beth Ray.
— Photo by Joann Gigante
Waiting for customers: Jenna Simpson and Alessia Cannistraci are selling “Suds & Stems” — soaps they made and plants they grew — while Jack Wasserbach and Nick Scott are selling personified baseballs at their “Sport Station” during the Westmere Elementary School Marketplace event on Jan. 3.
— Photo by Joann Gigante
Marketplace mavens: Second-graders at Westmere Elementary School show off their purchases while fifth-graders who created the goods stand behind their booths.