CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Over 100 Montgomery Central High School students who are graduates of a financial education course were recognized Thursday, May 14. The students received certificates for their outstanding work in completing the Edsouth Financial Scholars Program.
The program is designed to provide students with the skills needed to make sound financial decisions. Three students from the program, Austin Martin, Ian Schiller, and Katherine Anderson spoke to the students and shared the impact the course had on their lives.
One of the students, Ian Schiller told the students that now he looks at money differently. “I see my money not as a temporary tenant in my wallet, but as a permanent fixture in my bank account,” said Schiller.
The Personal Finance Teacher at Montgomery Central, Allison McKinley, who used to be in banking before becoming a teacher said she was glad to have received previous financial experience and praised the personal financial program.
“For them to go into the world and become those people that I used to try and help get out of those bad situations, it’s so important for them not just as a subject in school, but for life,” McKinley said. Mckinley added the students are going to have to manage, invest and save the money they’ve earned.
Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, Career Tech Education Coordinator, Karen Pitts said our schools strive to create well-rounded students in all aspects of life in and out of the classroom we are grateful for the public and private partnerships providing new opportunities for students in the district.
Edsouth has partnered with EverFi, Inc., to bring the program to local students at no cost to the schools or to taxpayers. The web-based program uses the latest in new media technology, simulations, avatars, gaming and adaptive-pathing, to bring complex financial concepts to life for today’s digital generation.