Issued

2024-2025

Type

Building grant

Amount

$5,000.00

Reach

All 8th-grade students

Applicant(s)

 Leslianne Craft and Amy Champlin 

Description

Reality U brings a bit of "reality" to students, teaching them about personal finance in an interactive and engaging way. Students imagine their life as a 26-year-old and complete an online lifestyle survey, including questions about their occupation, marital status, use of credit cards, and their current grade point average. This information is entered into our trademarked software program that links their answers to a unique scenario that is individualized for each student. These scenarios are distributed to them on the day of the event. Each scenario includes the student's monthly income, credit card debt, student loan information, as well as marital and family status. The students are to transfer this information into their student passports and then make purchases at the twelve booths that represent services and/or products that adults typically must purchase or consider each month. Students learn how decisions impact their bottom line.