The Veale Youth Entrepreneurship Forum

The Veale Youth Entrepreneurship Forum is a growing network of high schools in Northeast Ohio that equips students with an entrepreneurial mindset and essential skills by providing exceptional education and real-world experiences in entrepreneurship. Founded in 2012 with the assistance of Young Entrepreneur Institute at University School, the Forum today reaches 7,000 students annually at 22 different private and public high schools that are invited to participate. Click here to connect to the Veale Youth Entrepreneur Forum.
Students participating in the Veale Youth Entrepreneurship Forum gain the ability to
•    Recognize business opportunities
•    Think creatively and analytically
•    Solve problems
•    Take initiative
•    Persist though failure
•    Work collaboratively, and 
•    Communicate effectively
 
The Forum sponsors annual business plan and elevator pitch competitions, enabling students to develop ideas, deliver presentations, create business plans, and found new ventures. Student participation in summer internships, entrepreneurship camps, and the Young Entrepreneur Market are also supported. The Forum introduces students and their teachers to Northeast Ohio’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, providing students with a network for kick starting their professional lives in a place where entrepreneurs are nurtured and supported.
 
Committed to exceptional education, Forum teachers meet regularly to share best practices and generate ideas for classroom enhancement. Teacher attendance at conferences, workshops, and professional development meetings is also supported.
 
In addition to US, other schools in the Veale Youth Entrepreneurship Forum are Beaumont High School, Benedictine High School, Chagrin Falls High School, Cuyahoga Falls High School, Gilmour Academy, Hathaway Brown School, Laurel School, Magnificat High School, St. Edward High School, St. Ignatius High School, Shaker Heights Schools, Walsh Jesuit High School, Willoughby Eastlake City Schools - Northern Career Center, and E CITY Schools - Horizon Science Academy, Harvey High School, JFK High School, Glenville High School, Lincoln West High School, and John Adams High School.
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Shaker Heights Campus

20701 Brantley Road
Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122
JUNIOR K – GRADE 8
Phone: 216-321-8260

Hunting Valley Campus

2785 SOM Center Road
Hunting Valley, Ohio 44022
GRADES 9 – 12
Phone: 216-831-2200
University School serves over 850 boys in Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12 on two campuses in suburban Cleveland, Ohio. The School’s mission is to inspire boys of promise to become young men of character who lead and serve. Dedicated faculty, rigorous curriculum, and experiential programs foster intellectual, physical, creative, and moral excellence. University School is a diverse and inclusive community where each boy is known and loved.