FINANCIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Googolplex™@school – For Middle Schools Students
Googolplex™@school is a new middle school program that boosts financial literacy through an entertaining, live, in-school theatre production and classroom materials. This unique sponsorship opportunity is exclusive to credit unions and literally makes your credit union the star of the show.

Here’s how it works.
Generally, the program is coordinated and sponsored by individual credit unions or credit union leagues. Your credit union sponsors one or more middle schools of your choice. Then you sit back and enjoy. Googolplex™@school coordinates the production, provides all the supporting classroom and promotional materials, and customizes the program with your credit union name.

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NEFE High School Financial Planning Program
The National Edowment for Financial Educationn(NEFE) High School Financial Planning Program® (HSFPP) was initiated in 1984 as a public service to increase the financial literacy of America 's youth. The six-unit program provides teens with a greater understanding of and ability to manage their personal finances in the areas of goal setting, budgeting, and saving. The program uses unique games, simulations, case studies, and interactive exercises to provide hands-on experience for students to test and apply the financial principles and concepts being taught.

There are three main purposes of the program:

1. To learn the financial planning process--what it is and what it can do for youth.
2. To give students the opportunity to apply the process through stimulating exercises and assignments provided in the program.
3. To take control of their finances, beginning now.

The HSFPP is offered by the National Endowment for Financial Education® (NEFE®) in partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture-Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service and participating Land-Grant University Cooperative Extension Services; and with the Credit Union National Association, Inc., and America 's Credit Unions. To date, it has been taught to over three million students in all 50 states.

The program is strictly noncommercial in content, and it does not promote financial or other products. An Instructor's Manual is provided for each teacher, and every student is given their own student guide with perforated portfolio pages ? all at no cost.

For more information on how the NEFE High School Financial Planning Program can be brought to a local school, click here.

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For further information on credit-union sponsored education programs, contact DJ Morrow at the Oklahoma Credit Union League: djmorrow@okleague.coop