Welcome to Trep$ 2025!

When: Thursday May 15 from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm

Where: KPS Field House

What is Trep$?

TREP$, short for enTREPreneur$, is a project-based learning program that teaches middle school students how to start their own businesses. Through workshops, business challenges, and mentorship, students learn about the concepts of product development, finance, marketing research, advertising, merchandising and salesmanship and more. This learning is then put to the test at the TREP$ Marketplace, where the young entrepreneurs launch their business to the public.

Digital Marketplace

On this website, we have provided links to all of our business websites. On these, you can learn more about our process, our products, and our businesses. This also gives you the opportunity to get excited before coming to our in person marketplace in the KPS Field House on Thursday, May 15 from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm!

Business Link and Description Product
LLL
We are creating Dream Boards to help make people feel good! We want people to have a Dream Board to motivate them, whether it's in the car, on your bag, or simply in your room! Dream Boards will be there to motivate you and keep you happy.
Crazy Cases
We are making phone charms, phone cases, and octobuddys. The octobuddys are very helpful because they stick on mirrors, windows, and more! Our phone charms will help you hold your phone very easily and you can put it on your wrist!
The Bow Studio
Did you know that more than half of surveyed Kent Place community members had hair and/or organizational problems? With our eco-friendly hair accesories, you can have your very own,one-of-a-kind, handmade scrunchies, headbands, and hair clips!
Book Nook
Many people lose their bookmarks because they are too small or they fall out of their books! Well, these bookmarks solve this problem! They're bigger, making them harder to lose, and the magnets keep them in place. Plus, people want to show their bookworm pride! Displaying our items in your house, in your reading space, and in your books will declare you are a bookworm - and proud of it! The accomanying decor will liven things up-in the most bookish way! But do you know what's even better?! These products are made out of upcycled plastic and natural materials, making them better for the enviroment.
Chrome Combs
Hair tangled? I got u! I created a comb out of resin that is sparkly and pretty and brushes hair back really quickly.
Sipping With Style
Customizable cups, that are personalized to you.
Dragon Eggz
We picked the name Dragon Eggz because we want to make Kent Place themed bath bombs. Since Kent Place's mascot is a dragon, these bath bombs will be green and gold and they will be molded like eggs.
NO Stress
NO Stress is a business to help you bring your stress level down under the ground. We help you regulate your stress level in a fun and colorful way!
Double E Sporty
We are doing this because it prevents the problem of injuries happening, because if you don't have the right equipment and you forget to take jewelry off, then you can put it in the little bags that we provide! We also are selling earrings that are different types bows for style!
Light Books
Light Books is light up bookmark business. Our books are an innovation and advancement in the reading industry. Our product solves reading in the dark. It's useful for when you are at a sleepaway camp or sharing a room with someone and they want to sleep and you want to read. Our product comes with 48 hours of light and it is really easy to replace the battery. Our product is also to help people who may not have access to electricity and need to do homework after dark.
Bejeweled
Bejewled is a fantastic company. Bejewled believes in women's rights and supporting each other through confidence, happiness, and style! We work hard to create eco-friendly socks that everyone will feel comfortable in! Running in womens' sizes, most of the money we make will be donated to a charitable organization.
To DI For Jewel Plates
Our product idea is to make jewelry plates made out of resin! We recorded the answers of our peers from the survey and many people said they like to have their room as a hang out spot. Many people our age have messy and unorganized rooms because they are in there all the time. We want to keep our beloved jewelry and small valuables safe and secured. Our plates will make sure they won't get lost.
Passenger Princess Kits
Passenger Princess Kits are solving many problems, such as being late, having a girl "emergency", and losing/forgetting things. Did you know 50% of the asked KPS students have a hard time waking up, so they have a chance of being late or forgeting something. Well, you're in luck, we have solved this problem with Passenger Princess Kits.
Kawaii Phil Brand
Our keychains give people the chance to express themselves better and keep track of things while still being eco-friendly. Ours are also cheaper and better quality than ones you would find on Amazon, Etsy, Temu, etc.
OTS Kits
Over The Sea kits help keep kids, teens, and even adults oganized and make sure they have everything in one little bag. We all have been there when we forgot to brush our hair or need a mirror, but we take care of that. All you have to do is take a little bag with you and it will have everything you need!
Pretty Pouches
It solves the problem of storage. It solves this problem because the little bags are big enough to fit in your purses and work bags. The big bags are a good size to put toiletries and makeup in them while you're traveling.
Cat Track
We picked this name because, more then 10 million cats get lost each year and this is very heartbreaking. We named our business Cat Track since our product is a collar that has an air tag holder that you can buy and track your cat so if it gets lost you can find it before tragic outcomes occur.
The Eco Agents
The problem that we are solving is plastic pollution. We are also solving the problem of stress and lack of sleep. Did you know that the average rate of the importance of overused plastic is 8.3 out of 10? This shows that a lot of people at Kent Place think that the overuse of plastic is very important.
Stretch and Squish
Fidgets help students and adults stay focused on their work, something our research has shown. They also allow people to have fun and relax. People with sensory issues, such as sensory sensitivies, will enjoy our fidgets as well.
TempDUO
Our product changes color based on heat to make people aware of the tempetaure of their cup. Did you know that 30 perecent of the people that we surveyed picked burning their mouth as the most thing that annoyed them?
Mira and Lily Making Things Silly
At the beginning of TREP$ everyone had to create a survey with 5 problems from a list of everyday problems. We had to send this list out to 20 or less people. The majority of our surveys said that their most common problem was losing something. We took this information and we thought what we loose a lot and we thought our phones. So we decided to create the phone keychain which prevents this problem. For example, if you are somewhere where it is not as safe to take a picture and you are scared of dropping your phone and cracking it, our phone keychains will help with this problem.