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A Holmen High School business teacher recently had the opportunity to acquire more tools for guiding her students in money management. Amy McCutchen received a scholarship to attend the 2016 Jump$tart National Educator Conference Nov. 5-7 in Dallas, Texas.
For Appleton high schoolers, there are moments when it clicks. Plotting out their futures, they add up the cost of college tuition and living expenses. They look at the projected income of their prospective career. They calculate the weight of student loans attached to their plans. It sinks in.
Two guests joined the Lakeland Union High School Curriculum committee on Dec. 15 to pitch their idea of expanding career planning classes for students. Family and consumer science teacher Stephanie Hartzheim and business education teacher Tammy Hagman presented the idea to the committee to make these classes a requirement come the 2017-18 school year.
Rebecca Durinick and Caitlin Malczon, students at Mercy High School in Middletown, pack coats in bags for delivery to the Coats for Connecticut project. Lynn Curello’s business and personal finance classes conducted the school’s third annual coat drive from Nov. 22 to Dec. 16 as part of a lesson on charitable giving.
Hopewell Valley Central High School is adding four new courses that will be available in the 2017-2018 school year. They are Zoology, Statistical Reasoning in Sports and Media, Game Theory and Mathematical Recreation, and Financial Algebra.
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After graduating with an education degree and spending 7 years in an elementary classroom, Laura made the switch to the non-profit world and loves interacting with students, educators and business professionals across the country. She is passionate about all students having access to high quality education and views personal finance education as one way to ‘level the playing field’. When Laura is not locating or creating high quality educational resources, you can find her mountain biking or searching for the best ramen in town!
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