The RallyOrder story
We think running a real business is an exceptional education for high school students. Read about the origins and guiding principles of RallyOrder.
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The Huddle
Explainers, playbooks, and field notes from real school stores. Written for the teachers, students, and administrators running SBEs.
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What administrators ask us first
Six direct answers about money flow, student data, permissions, records, card security, and offline selling.
A tour of HomeRoom: where the store becomes the Living Classroom
A grounded tour of the dashboard, analytics, teaching tools, catalog, and reports that are live in HomeRoom today.
The Friday Huddle: six numbers, 20 minutes, one plan
A weekly school-store review students can run: six owned metrics, a fixed agenda, and one action for the week ahead.
For advisors: what RallyOrder takes off your plate
The catalog, reporting, device controls, and exception records RallyOrder keeps in one system, plus the work that still belongs to the advisor.
The school store opening-week playbook: empty room to first Friday
A two-week reopening checklist for inventory, crew roles, money systems, the soft open, and the first weekly review.
For students: you're the operator
What students actually do behind the counter, in HomeRoom, and during the weekly review of a school store.
RallyOrder is a DECA Premier Partner
RallyOrder joins DECA Inc.'s Premier Partner program for the 2026-27 school year.
What is a school-based enterprise?
What an SBE is, where DECA fits, and what students can learn by operating a business inside their school.
The RallyOrder hardware kit: what's in the box
The register, customer-facing display, card reader, cash drawer, and optional receipt printer, plus the school decisions that make the kit ready for the counter.
My DECA students helped build RallyOrder
CHS DECA advisor Tony Carrico on a year of prototypes, student feedback, and the side-by-side test at his school store.
RallyOrder is Idaho DECA's School-Based Enterprise partner for 2026-27
RallyOrder and Idaho DECA are supporting student-run stores across the state where the first RallyOrder school went live.
RallyOrder is Texas DECA's Premier School-Based Enterprise Partner for 2026-27
RallyOrder will present the SBE Academy and lead two workshops at the 2027 Texas DECA State Career Development Conference.
Getting started with RallyOrder: from first call to first sale
The current path from a RallyOrder demo through school approval, financial setup, store configuration, and the first test sale.
How to start a school store: from empty closet to first sale
A practical launch sequence for school approval, money controls, inventory, pricing, student roles, opening, and weekly review.
RallyOrder is Washington DECA's School-Based Enterprise partner for 2026-27
RallyOrder and Washington DECA are supporting student-run stores across the state.
What is RallyOrder?
The register, store-management tools, and learning layer RallyOrder brings together for a school-based enterprise.
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