Riverside prepares for this year’s school apparel

Riverside’s Marketing and Promotion class taught by Mr. Rothenberger, will be releasing a variety of new school merchandise.

by Coral Ford

Mr. Rothenberger’s Marketing and Promotion class is researching and brainstorming merchandise for the 2021-2022 Riverside Secondary school year.

“The process all started with a grand vision of having a place where Riverside students could come to purchase school merch and other convenience items, and also have a place to hang out at lunch, etc.,” said Richard Rothenberger, Marketing and Promotion teacher at Riverside Secondary.

The lounge in room 224 already has stock, “you should come by and check it out anytime before period 2, at lunch, or after period 5.  We have merch on display and ready for purchase, with another large order on the way,” said Rothenberger.

With the new year came new options. In addition to hoodies and crewnecks, they started selling camping blankets, wind breakers, toques, varsity jackets, and other miscellaneous items explained Rothenberger.

The lounge has been approved to use tap to pay making it ever easier for students to pay.

The lounge is adamant about staying open all year long with popular items available to purchase. Although there will be a schoolwide online order system, so that parents and students can pay remotely.

“We would like to help any group within the school that is looking to provide product or raise funds by making our space available as a hub for all purchases in the school,” said Rothenberger.

The students have set up an account on Instagram @theriversidelounge_ with updates on new products, promotion, giveaways, and to provide feedback Rothenberger shared. There will also be advertising on rapidevents, riversideathletics, and on the Riverside web page.

“Our hope is that students will automatically think of the Lounge when they are looking to purchase something,” said Rothenberger.

“At Riverside, the WAVE was originally our school store… thanks to Mr. Bruneau and his support we are now able to re-open the school store and help other departments throughout the school with merchandise sales,” said Rothenberger.