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Pembroke Mall and
the Office of Technical
and Career Education
Since 1994, these partners have linked forces under the banner of Classroom on
the Mall, a secondary "hands on" lab for learning retail operations
and management skills, under the direction of teacher, Kim Creamer. Pembroke
Mall provides in-line store space to VBCPS to be used both as a classroom facility
on a daily basis and, less frequently, as a meeting space for administration
and staff. Students work with merchants on activities related to advertising,
marketing research and promotions, store window displays, secret shopper endeavors,
mall operations, special holiday happenings and remote events. A very successful
gift-wrapping business and fundraiser support DECA activities and competitions.
This partnership has success "in the bag," the shopping bag, that is.
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