Financial Literacy Program for 11th Graders! (*Take 2*)
Help me give my students financial literacy skills to use in the real world.
$2,424 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
Students at Oakland International High School are recently arrived immigrants from many different parts of the world, including Guatemala, Eritrea, Yemen, Afghanistan, Honduras, Mexico, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Syria, China, and more. Here they receive an alternative education in English language acquisition and in preparation for college. Our diverse students become active participants in our community while learning in small groups through collaboration and interdisciplinary multimedia projects. 380 students speak more than 32 languages at our school and 100% are English Language Learners and receive free/reduced lunch.
My Project
The Budget Challenge is a 10-week online simulation program with full curriculum and assessments. In this online program, students will have a hypothetical job, living costs, saving/checking accounts, expenses, unexpected events, and more. They will practice the real life skills that matter, while simultaneously learning Algebra and growth rates. Students will practice achieving financial goals most adults struggle with.
Students will:
Create an emergency fund
Pay off a credit card
Save for retirement
Pay bills on-time
Protect credit health
Pay down student loan debt
Learn from financial mistakes
and more...
Many of our students already work to help support their families and could benefit from real-world skills in money management. My hope is that students will take the financial literacy skills they learn and apply them to their personal life, with long-term advantages.
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