Emily DeConcini, Vincent Vazur, Jessica Reed, Jazzy Jefferson

December 15, 2008 -- Lorain County JVS marketing students visited the Hope Academy in East Cleveland to teach 6thand 8th graders money management skills.

Students were responsible for preparing lesson plans that addressed money management. They prepared worksheets, visuals and other activities for the middle school students.

Staci Culligan (Elyria); Meagan Tirado (Wellington), Nicole Nibert (Firelands); and Kerstin Cecil (Amherst), taught the 6th grade class. They worked on filling out guided notes while discussing ways to save and budget their money.

Vincent Vazur (Amherst); Emily DeConcini (Firelands); Jazzy Jefferson (Elyria); and Jessica Reed (North Ridgeville) worked with the 8th grade students. They taught the students how to write checks, record information in a check register, and prepare a daily and monthly budget.

The students researched this project and received educational assistance and materials from the School Employees Lorain County Credit Union (SELCCU). The SELCCU and NASA CORE donated prizes that the students earned throughout the day.

These marketing students will summarize their project in a 30-page research paper and submit it as a contest entry to the State DECA-An Association of Marketing Students organization. The research will be an entered into the Chapter Financial Literacy Project Competition in March.