Mercer Trade Inc.'s Blog

$1000 Schools Foundation Grant

mercertrade — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:42:34 +0000

The Mercer Island Schools Foundation has generously awarded us a $1000 grant!!

First Place Poster!!!

mercertrade — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:40:23 +0000

We were notified today that our poster submitted for the Global Entrepreneurship Week Poster Competition won first place!!! We won a grand prize of 100 Euros (~$150)!

Check out the article – 25 November 2009 – Global Entrepreneurship Week Poster Competition

Global Entrepreneurship Poster

mercertrade — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:37:05 +0000

Today we submitted an entry for a poster competition sponsored by Achievers International in London.

Ghana Video Conference

mercertrade — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:42:25 +0000

Today was our first video conference with Ghana. The conference went very well and consisted mainly of discussing product ideas.

Malaysia Video Conference

mercertrade — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:00:13 +0000

We held out first video conference with Malaysia on Wednesday. We discussed product ideas and took care of a few other details.

Global Partnerships Luncheon

mercertrade — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:00:30 +0000

“Global Partnerships (GP) expands opportunity for people living in poverty by supporting microfinance and other sustainable solutions in Latin America. We partner with innovative, mission-driven microfinance institutions that reach people traditionally left behind—such as women and the rural poor—with microloans and other services that can help families break the cycle of poverty.”

http://www.globalpartnerships.org/sections/getinvolved/getinvolved_boh.html

Mercer Island HS receives state grant for International Entrepreneurship course

mercertrade — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:00:22 +0000

MIHS has recently been awarded a $20,000 state grant to develop an International Entrepreneurship course. The grant was awarded under the OSPI’s “high demand” category described to “expand access to and awareness of the opportunities offered by high quality career and technical education.” MIHS intends to use the funds and Carol Wiseley, current marketing teacher at MIHS is developing this course to potentially be offered through the Washington Network for Innovative Careers (WA-NIC). We welcome and encourage advanced business students from the region to participate in this course beginning Sept. 2010.

See the full article here

Welcome

mercertrade — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:00:15 +0000

Welcome to Mercer Trade Inc.’s Blog. Here you will find the latest news on our activites!

The Mercer Island High School Advanced Marketing class runs Mercer Trade Inc., which imports and exports goods with partner schools in Ghana and Malaysia. We are also active in civil, social and environmental activities as part of the criteria for Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship.