eAcademy@LindenPointe
The core value of the eAcademy program is a lean methodology-based curriculum, as well as creating a road map with detailed instructions on classroom activities. The curriculum is a combination of nationally and state acclaimed programs, publications, and lessons that are specifically tailored for high school students.
Real World Experience
Professional speakers with diverse backgrounds and skill sets are invited to engage with students to impart real life lessons, and to provide an opportunity to work on actual projects within their organizations, either in the form of internships or as seed ideas for business creation.
Life Skills
Students participate in field trips to regional businesses in diverse predetermined industries that are local to the region. Key life and career skills such as leadership, conflict resolution, communication, ethics, etc. are integrated into each aspect of the eAcademy.
Business Plan Creation
Students form teams and work on business ideas, develop a business plan and create working prototypes. Training includes additive manufacturing, website creation, etc. The student teams will pitch their final businesses in a Y-combinator-style “Demo Day” to regional investors and their local community.
About the eAcademy
The Entrepreneurship Academy in Hermitage has been named one of Pennsylvania’s top economic-development programs for its ongoing work in connecting talented area high-school students with business leaders and educational institutions.
Launched in 2014, the eAcademy spurs economic development in the region by giving
students a deeply immersive experience in which they work with experts to develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills optimized for today’s fast-paced global economy.
By providing local high school seniors with a unique, school year long, immersive experience to develop their leadership and entrepreneurial skills as well as the confidence to be successful in an ever-changing, global economy. This program supports the eCenter mission to drive regional economic development through innovation, entrepreneurship, and next generation career opportunities.
Student Testimonials
We are very proud of our eAcademy students. Hear what these young entrepreneurs have to say about their educational experience in the eAcademy program.










