Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship launched its Startup Techprogram last week at Philly’s Roxborough High School backed by a $1 million donation from Newtown Square, Pa.-based SAP.

The program, aimed at providing kids with tech and entrepreneurship skills, will offer students a series of workshops and mentorship sessions through the next three years. The German enterprise software company, whose sprawling North American HQ is in Delaware County, pledged some 750 hours of volunteer time from its employees to help run the program.

Startup Tech, also present in four other Philly-area schools, kicked off last Wednesday, with 25 RHS students working on business plans and elevator pitches. The winning pitch? Lunch Box, a subscription-based app aimed at streamlining the school lunch process.

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