MIRNA DAMIAN ISAZA's 12th grade Virtual Enterprise 1 class is picking up right where they left off at the end of 11th grade. In this entrepreneurial venture, student groups are revisiting their work from last year, in which they've launched a business from scratch, named REVE & CO -- an event planning company.

"We're doing business development work, building upon the concepts from last year," Ms. Damian Isaza explained. 

Working in groups, they've set off to conduct an extensive analysis, making determinations and decisions as to how they want to move forward with marketing the existing brand. 

Students engaged in brainstorming sessions, honing in on the idea of, "Did that business model work?"

Megan Diaz (left) offered some specifics on what her group was currently assessing. "Right now we're trying to decide whether we want to keep the business idea. If we do, we want to make it more known, make the website better and tweak it so it's more engaging to our target audience."

Students are also being given the option to start a new business from scratch. 

What's most important to Ms. Damian Isaza is empowering her students to be independent thought leaders. "I'm giving them ownership."