Johnny Cupcakes Founder to Speak to West Potomac Academy Students
Johnny Earle, chief executive officer and founder of Johnny Cupcakes, Inc., will kick off Design Week 2009 at West Potomac Academy on Monday, May 18, at 7 p.m. in the Springbank Auditorium at West Potomac High School. The event is open to all Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) students, staff members, and the public; tickets are available at the door.
Earle was voted the number one Young Entrepreneur of 2008 by Business Week magazine for creating a unique business model for his T-shirt designs at age 19 without using advertising or outside venture capital. Earle now runs a multimillion dollar business selling limited-edition shirts and accessories in his Boston-area and Los Angeles retail stores as well as through select stores in Canada, the Netherlands, Paris, and Scotland. He will talk about entrepreneurship, fashion design, small business management, communications, art and graphic design, marketing, product development, and branding.
As part of Design Week 2009, students in Professional Graphics Studio courses will display creative start-up projects and have the opportunity to promote their original work to professionals in the design community as well as to their peers. Other events during Design Week 2009 will be a Light Boxing Tournament in which students submit computer-based graphic design work based on a theme in bracketed competition until a winner is named. Also, students will participate in a portfolio review scheduled to be held May 27 at the Convergence on Quaker Lane in Alexandria. The portfolio review is in partnership with West Potomac Academy’s business partner, Empowered Women International Academy-Entrepreneurship for Artists, who will provide local artists as critics and judges who will also talk about their art backgrounds.
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BLOOD DRIVE
The West Potomac Academy Medical Health Sciences and Pharmacy Tech Courses are sponsoring a Blood Drive in partnership with the Red Cross of the National Capital Area, Thursday, May 28, 2009, from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. The Blood Drive will be open for all WPHS/WPA students and staff. However, if you are interested in giving blood in support of our program or just want to come and support the students we would love to have you join us for part of the day. |
