The following course has been added to the Summer at the Academy 2010:
Survivor!! from Wall Street to Main Street
- Section 1: June 14-17, (M-TH), 3-5 p.m.
- Section 2: June 21-24, (M-TH), 3-5 p.m.
Fee: $100
Are you ready for your $2,000,000 future? Yes, the average worker earns over $2,000,000 in his or her lifetime! Want to learn how to invest in the stock market, create a spending plan and prepare for the legal/contract world of college and work you are about to enter? Then join us to learn how to "survive" or better yet... avert life pitfalls and thrive. Win the stock contest, learn about the lure of debt, and avoid 911 calls to your parents! Students should be incoming sophomores, juniors, seniors or seniors who have just graduated. Enrollment is limited to 20 students per section. Basic instruction includes:
- a working spending/living plan and the ability to continue it into college
- life skills that will help prevent 911 calls from college due to being in the wrong place at the wrong time
- savings wisdom to help prevent boomerang graduates from coming home to roost
- learning to tell your money what to do instead of asking where it all went
- learning of the dangers lurking with debt and credit
- beginner wisdom on the stock market and how it all works, including a stock contest
Parents, each student receives a folder with knowledge they can refer to long after the class is over, and we send out parent e-mails with topics covered in class, dinner conversation suggestions, websites you can use as a resources and more. This course is priceless at any cost!
Instructors: Holly Powers, Leslie Clayton, Pam Hardison |