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Monday, December 17, 2012

Sales of OCHS Student-Made Soda Hit Milestone

As sales of Knightro Fusion pass the 1,000-case mark, the school district says another soda flavor is in the works.

Retail sales of Knightro Fusion, a cherry-vanilla soda developed by Oak Creek High School students, have reached a milestone: the 1,000-case mark. Those high sales have raised a sizable amount of money that will go toward scholarships for Advanced Placement chemistry and marketing students. Since the summer, the soda has been available at stores in the Oak Creek-Franklin area including Pick 'n Save, Woodman's and Gary's Beer & Liquor. The school district says a new soda flavor is in the works and will be released at the Taste of Oak Creek in March. Knightro Fusion is the work of students in Jim Buss's advanced placement chemistry class as well as students of marketing teacher Michael Burden. The school worked with Oak Creek-based Black …

Monday, June 18, 2012

OCHS Student-Made Soda Now in Stores

Knightro Fusion, a cherry-vanilla soda, is now available in Oak Creek at the Howell Avenue Pick 'n Save, Woodman's and Gary's Beer & Liquor.

From the classrooms of Oak Creek High School to your refrigerator: the student-made Knightro Fusion soda is now available in Oak Creek stores.  As the Journal Sentinel reports, the soda is now available at Pick 'n Save, 8770 S. Howell Ave.; Woodman's, 8131 S. Howell Ave.; and Gary's Beer & Liquor, 9555 S. Howell Ave. The cherry-vanilla soda is the work of students in Jim Buss's advanced placement chemistry class as well as students of marketing teacher Michael Burden. The AP chem students spent six weeks mixing ingredients, conducting taste tests and adjusting the formula. When it was done, they passed it onto Burden's class, which conducted a naming contest, created a bottle label and formulated a marketing plan. The entire school voted …

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