The school year may be winding down, but that doesn’t mean that the learning is. This week we spent Thursday at Travis Early College High School working with Juniors and Seniors to take a deep dive into personal financial literacy. On a testing day where most upperclassmen spend the day outside of their normal routine, JA took advantage of the schedule change to put on a Financial Literacy workshop.
We asked the students what they wanted to know and built a program around their feedback. Students wanted to learn about how to manage credit cards, interest rates and how to manage the cost of living. This day was tailored to fit exactly what they wanted to learn about.
-Lacy Blakley, Assistant Principal
Junior Achievement brought in volunteers and subject matter experts to lead workshops on budgeting, the difference in credit and debit and how to manage debt. This was our first event like this at Travis High School and we are excited to start planning for next year. Volunteers spent the day in the classroom while students rotated through the lessons. We want to thank our volunteers for spending their day with our students to make sure that they feel better prepared to take on the world. We want to thank FactSet for volunteering and sponsoring this programming. Without the support of our sponsors and volunteers JA would not be able to provide days like these to our students.