After four years, the Bluetique has returned. Many students at the high school have no clue what the Bluetique is and where it has been. Well, for starters, the Bluetique is a merchandise gift shop inside the high school cafeteria. It sells everything from sweatshirts and polos to school supplies and winter clothing. 

    The long-awaited return of the Bluetique has been run with students from a class on entrepreneurship. Now, they aren’t running it without supervision. Ms. Musser, who teaches the class, manages it and trains the students who will be working there. There is a process to get ready to work there, as Ms. Musser pointed out: “There is training for the Bluetique, and that comes over the first few weeks of the class.” She says this is why the store will be closed between semesters. “There is a small break at the end of the semester when it will be closed, and that time will be spent training the next entrepreneurship class to run it,” Ms. Musser stated. 

    The training process between semesters is the only time the Bluetique will be closed during the year. The Bluetique will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays during all lunches. This is going to be the time to buy any merch, and the proceeds go to the high school. The store only accepts cash or check at the moment, but hopes to expand to have card and Apple Pay as well, according to Ms. Musser. It works on a register system, which hasn’t been used in four years, so be patient with the workers. Not to mention, the class size will dictate whether or not the store will be open. If the class is canceled due to lack of people interested, the store will be closed. 

    The students in Ms. Musser’s class work in the store, and the opening has been exhilarating for them. “It’s exciting; there’s a lot of hype around it and I’m happy to see it come back and be one of the people running it,” said senior Gavin Glass. Glass is one of the people working in the store, and even made an announcement during B lunch about the reopening. He and the other students will be present at the store when it is open. They work the register, restock the store, and persuade people to buy certain things from the store, working to advertise and to manage the store itself. 

    But when the seniors graduate, people will need to fill their shoes. That is where the underclassmen come in, as the entrepreneurship class is only open to juniors and seniors, so getting freshmen and sophomores interested in it could keep the store open for years. “I want to leave a legacy. I want the underclassmen to do this as well, not just because of the Bluetique, but the class is cool too,” said Glass. He recommends the class, but not just because of working at the Bluetique. The class isn’t solely about the Bluetique; it’s about how to run a business, how to start one, and what comes with it. They talk about how companies work and how large corporations come to fruition.

    The return of the Bluetique has been an exciting return for the high school. With merch and school supplies being sold, the students running it get experience running a business while having fun at the same time. It provides something the entire student body can look to, and find a way to become connected to the school they are a part of. And with the store open now, it’s time to bring on that Blue Streak pride.