Description
This online personal finance class will provide practical personal finance lessons – wherever possible students will get to practice what they are learning. They will have the opportunity to participate in a simulation of real life (getting a paycheck, paying bills, choosing a bank account etc), a stock market simulation and they will practice budgeting their own money.
Required Material: Investment Guide for Teens by David and Tom Gardner
Registration in the Budget Challenge Game (an additional cost of $25). A link to register will be sent later.
Instructor: Meryl van der Merwe
For: Grades 9 -12
Hours: approximately 4 hours each week
Credit Hours: 1/2 High School Credit
Syllabus: Available here
Fall Dates: August 19 – Dec 13 (with a week’s break over Thanksgiving)
Spring Dates: January 10 – May 2 (any week in March can be taken for Spring break)
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PreferNotToSay –
I truly enjoyed this class. It is engaging, and the teacher is understanding when I need help. If you want to learn more about financing, this class is for you.
Nathan Waller –
This class helped me so much! I have a better handle on how to budget, save, prepare for college, and so much more. I learned things that many of my friends and even adults have never learned and I’m much more confident that I can be better at managing my finances in the future. I definitely recommend this class to any highschoolers looking to know more about this subject, and even if you aren’t it is so helpful!
Cailin –
This course is as engaging as it is necessary. The simulations gave me a realistic experience of managing finances as an adult and the readings taught me how to start off my financial life on the right foot. The longest simulation, the Budget Challenge, forced me to make difficult decisions and learn to balance all the aspects of adult finances.
I greatly enjoyed this class and would recommend it to everyone, especially those interested in finance and investing.
Leon –
This is just one of those courses that you absolutely have to take. High School Personal Finance is a great course for all ages. The course is very interactive and teaches you about managing your money, stocks, debt, and so much more. One of my favorite things in the course was a game called the Budget Challenge in which you had to learn to manage your money and pay the bills.
The course really teaches us how real life and dealing with money works, and it is for sure a necessary course to take in high school.
I’d highly recommend it to everyone.
Patrick –
This course is a must-take. I’ve learned so much from taking this course, and I feel much more confident in my financial future, especially with college coming soon. The live-action simulation is difficult, but it really challenges you to make smart decisions because those decisions will always have an effect.
You will learn so much about the common dangers in the real world, including credit cards, ID theft, and student debt. As someone who took it last semester, I highly recommend this to all juniors and seniors.