Spirit Box Academy is a flexible CTE-aligned curriculum available with the purchase of a Spirit Box vending machine. The curriculum equips students with real-world business skills while guiding them in managing a school store vending machine.

Hands-On Curriculum

Key Features of Spirit Box Academy

Customizable Curriculum Modules 

Adaptable lessons cover topics like marketing, pricing strategy, inventory management, and customer engagement.

Interactive Learning

 Students don’t just study business—they live it by managing the Spirit Box and seeing the impact of their decisions in real time.

Perfect for DECA & SBE Certification

Equip your team with the knowledge and experience they need to achieve DECA SBE Gold Certification and excel in competitions.

Promotes Leadership and Teamwork

Assign roles like inventory manager, marketing director, and finance lead to give every student ownership of their learning.

  • "This experience gave me the confidence to feel like I can thrive in any occupation and accomplish any task I’m assigned.”

    -Tyler Hunter, Camdenton High School

Curriculum Highlights

We worked with our faculty partners to develop Spirit Box Academy’s curriculum, designed to incorporate Project Based Learning with embedded scope and sequence. By removing a majority of the guesswork it gives teachers the flexibility to pick and choose what lessons they want to incorporate within their current plans. 

There are 3 units with 5 modules within each unit, and a growing lesson library around each module. Under each module there are lesson plans, activities, PowerPoints, worksheets, case studies, and blog posts. Within the module there are level 1 (introduction to the concepts) and level 2 (advanced students who are applying what they have learned to their Spirit Box or School Based Enterprise) lessons.

Unit 1

PLAN YOUR BUSINESS

Entrepreneurship, Market Research, Competitive Research, Calculating Costs and Funding, Business Planning

Unit 2

promote YOUR BUSINESS

Management, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Branding, Production, Operations

Unit 3

grow YOUR BUSINESS

Market Strategy, Market Strategy Plan, Competitive Advantage Plan, Scaling Business, Growth Marketing Plan