Let’s not overlook Financial Literacy
Consider this:  Your son or daughter graduates from college and lands a nice job.  You’re bursting with pride.  All is well - - he/she is on their way!  Six months later you ask whether the new employer offers a 401(k) plan.  The response goes something like “Yeah, but that’s for the older employees who are looking to retire.”  Your ears perk up.  “Well does your employer offer a defined benefit pension plan?”    To which the response goes something like “What’s that?”  It’s time, you think, for a parent/child (albeit adult “child”) talk.  Or maybe you’re thinking, this talk should have happened a long time ago.
 
The District Literacy Team is shining a light on Financial Literacy, specifically financial literacy for high school youth.  This is an education that need not wait for young adulthood, nor should it wait until that young adult learns the hard way.  Our District Literacy Team Member, Anoop Mathur, has confronted this issue in a positive way.  Collaborating with Royal Credit Union, Anoop and his contact at RCU have put together a Project-in-a-Box - - - a step-by-step guide on how to start a project that engages youth, through your local high school, in a modular course designed to teach the basics of personal finances.  See the link here to access the Project-in-a-Box.

So if your club is looking for a literacy project - - or looking to engage with high school youth in a positive and beneficial way, now might be a good time to click on the PIAB and start making some contacts.  Who knows . . . the school district might see this as a great summer offering or a mini-course that they can build into next year’s curriculum.  We encourage club’s to run with the idea, modify it to fit your situation if need be, and get kids’ involved in their financial education!  Good luck!  We’d love to hear some success stories!

The District Literacy Team