Grade: 10-12

Teacher Name: Roseberry

Description and purpose of grant: 

Every child deserves to learn real-world money skills! However, not every child takes money management courses or has guardians who want to teach them how to develop financial skills. This grant will fund lunchtime and after-school workshops to give Coppell students the opportunity to gain the foundational financial skills to support their financial success during and after high school. A certified Financial Counselor with a proven track record of leading fun, friendly financial literacy sessions will lead the sessions for free. This would be even better for students because students won't need to worry about biased advice pushing them to buy questionable financial products or services as the financial counselor leading the sessions has an ethical and professional duty to give unbiased information and not sell financial products. These sessions will be fun, friendly, and tailored to the specific students who attend each session.

The workshops would involve a series of fun, interactive mini-lessons and immediate learning application by completing activities based on each attendee's financial goals. Topics include applying for a job, bank account basics, avoiding scams, impulse buys, debit/ credit/ secured credit cards, avoiding debt, paying for professional development after college (grants/scholarships, student loans, and work-study), leasing versus buying a car, renting your first apartment/housing, how to budget and save, types of investments, charities, and community giving, and more! They would complete information in their financial journals during the sessions.

Implementation process: Ask counselors about the best days and times to hold these sessions. Keep them short and focused on specific topics. Announce them in the CHS communication outlets (KCBY, posts in Schoology announcements, communicate with my own students, make posters and put them up by water fountains and bathrooms.

Items you plan to purchase with grant money: For source materials and plug and play tools:

$14.95: Adulting Life Skills for Teens: How to Money, Budget, Bank, Pay Bills, and Everything You Need to Know About Finances (Life Skills Toolbox for Teens)
$13.98: Personal Finance for Teens: Avoid financial pitfalls and unlock secrets to make money, build savings, and invest in your future

Items for Financial Journaling/ Plans (Consumable Supplies):
$48.99: 500 Sheets Cardstock 8.3'' x 11.5'' A4 Card Stock Paper 230GSM Cardstock Printed Paper Heavyweight
$26.99: Amazon Basics Multipurpose Copy Printer Paper, 8.5-x-11-inch, 24lb, 1500 Sheets (3 Packs of 500), 97 Bright
3 x $5.49 Quacc 200pcs Multicolor Split Pins Round Scrapbooking Brads Split Pins Paper Fasteners Brads for Craft Art Crafting School Project Decorative Scrapbooking DIY Supplies (0.24 x 0.5Inch)
$32.99: Buzzers for Trivia Games with Lights and Sound 4PCS Game Show Buzzers for Teacher Party Game Must Haves (4 pack)
$14.97: batteries for buzzers

Prizes for engagement activities (interactives):
$18.95: Vinyl water bottle stickers (memes)
$10.15: Vinyl water bottle stickers (money themed)
$20.49: Bulk flavored chapstick

In the event my grant is not fully funded, this is minimum amount I would need to get started on this project: $200