Financial Literacy

Budding Entrepreneurs 
This program empowers students with an entrepreneurial mindset to develop a plan for their very own business ideas, drawing from such disciplines as marketing, finance and strategy, in a supportive environment fostering teamwork. From designing marketing flyers to estimating profits, students have fun while developing a sense for business!

Finance Club
Learn how to manage your money in this program promoting essential life skills! Set your financial goals, develop a budget from scratch, shop for a credit card and calculate the monthly cost of your dream car. Students also learn about mortgages, FICO scores, taxes and the dangers of piling up debt. Through simulations and hands-on activities, students explore financial decisions they will have to make in the future.

Money Math 
Designed for our youngest students, this program is a real-life math lab where students learn computational concepts and develop a foundation for building financial literacy and healthy financial habits, using real-world situations. Students will play money math games, do budgeting activities and learn organizational skills.

My First Lemonade Stand 
In this fun workshop, children will experiment with lemonade recipes, design their own flyers, learn how to count money and make change, and tally their expenses, sales and profits (or loss). During our semester showcase, children will set up their own stand, sell lemonade, and raise funds for a charity of their choice.

My First Food Truck
Through this hands-on project kids learn key concepts like budgeting and how to translate ideas into concrete projects. In this workshop students select a theme for their food truck, design menus, estimate expenses, determine prices, and develop financial projections. This unique program offers a tasty way to develop business savvy!