SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION IN INDIANA
LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT WBE.NET GLOBAL INTERNET TRADE COURSE

LOS ANGELES, CA – South Bend Community School Corporation in Indiana is exploring the opportunities of entering into a partnership agreement with the non-profit R.E.I.S. Foundation of Los Angeles to implement the WBE.NET Global Internet Trade Course in their schools. Mr. W.W. Horsely, Assistant Superintendent, School & Business Partnerships for the South Bend Community School Corporation, along with Mrs. Wilmoth Horsely, a math teacher for the district, met recently with Roosevelt Roby, founder of the R.E.I.S. Foundation and Chairman and CEO of the World Business Exchange Network (www.WBE.NET) at their Los Angeles headquarters and to tour King Drew Magnet High School of Science and Medicine, and meet with students who are enrolled in the course.

“With today’s economy, we’re looking for viable options to help students earn a living. We found the WBE.NET Global Internet Trade Course to be an excellent program that motivates and excites the students. We are definitely interested in seeing this program implemented first hand. We are currently looking for a private corporate business sponsor to help us bring this vital academic program to the South Bend Community School Corporation,” said Mr. W.W. Horsely. “The R.E.I.S. Foundation is committed to preparing our youth for the future, to closing the digital divide in America and empowering all our students with real entrepreneurial training. Our mission is to provide an equal opportunity to all who strive for economic and personal success in life,” said Mr. Roby.

When South Bend Community School Corporation moves forward with the partnership, the new WBE.NET international trade curriculum will enhance the Junior Achievement pilot program as an introduction course and add the specifics of import/export trade with an Internet component, currently not taught at the school. The WBE.NET program will serve as an elective course and will be offered for a full academic year in the South Bend Community School Corporation.

The meeting was the result of Mr. Horsely having read about the World Business Exchange Network and the R.E.I.S. Foundation in a newspaper article. He was so impressed, he took it upon himself to visit the corporation in Los Angeles and meet with students of the WBE.NET Global Internet Trade Course for Students at King Drew Magnet High School of
Science and Medicine.

The WBE.NET Global Internet Trade Course for Students is currently being taught at the Los Angeles Unified School District and Grant Joint Union High School District in Sacramento. All proceeds generated by the students during the course goes directly to the school’s scholarship program.

WBE.NET leverages international trade to its subscribers via access to its massive database of buyers and sellers of products from thousands of international businesses in hundreds of countries around the world. In addition the WBE.NET offers complete instruction on exporting, including a Training Manual & User Guide, detailed video and training. The training is designed for ease of use, so anyone who desires to own his or her own business and work from home can become an export agent with the WBE.NET. This is a national program in partnership with the Bush Administration’s
“Leave No Child Behind” policy.

Subscribers are also taught about export strategy, how to identify a money-making deal, market analysis, regulation, customs benefits, tax incentives, cultural differences, letters of credit, methods of payment, pricing and how to benefit from government resources that will enhance business. Since developing the program, thousands of entrepreneurs have
been able to launch successful home businesses as export agents.

The World Business Exchange Network, which was established in 1993 as the first and only on-line tool to revolutionize the import/export trade industry, is bolstered by partnership agreements with the United States Department of Commerce, the United Nations and countries all over the world. To learn more about starting a business in international trade, contact the World Business Exchange Network at 1-800-537-7347 or visit the Web site at www.WBE.NET.

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