For Kristin LaFlech’s small business operations class project this year, a few students have taken on the Horseshoe for their project. The Horseshoe is a student-run organization that has Munster merchandise such as hoodies, blankets, and jackets. The class is working on expanding their business knowledge through running their own small business.

“The Horseshoe is a student-run store,” senior Alexis Karahalios said. “Right now we just have some of our older clothing that was in here, but we’re trying to get a lot more new stuff in here.”

Small business operations is a new class this year which in the future will be built up from previous entrepreneurship classes that have formulated their ideas in the years before, then the execution will occur during their senior year.

“Our plan is to reopen again Thursday, and then we’re going to work from there,” Karahalios said. “There’ll usually be somebody here during lunches, and then we’re maybe going to try for tutorials, but we’ll see how that goes.”

The store hadn’t been in use for a long period of time, so LaFlech contacted principal Morgan Nolan about having the students open and run it for the class this year.

“It’s a pretty small space, but we’re trying to maximize it for what it is and use what we have,” Karahalios said. “We’d love to bring more people into it eventually, but it’s a little hard to start with a bunch of people and narrow it down.”

LaFlech wants the to have a space that if they make mistakes they’re able to use them as opportunities compared to roadblocks.

“You guys have amazing ideas, and you know what needs to happen,” LaFlech said. “The sad thing is that sometimes adults don’t want to listen to you, and I want that voice for those students.”