TREASURER’S OFFICE HOSTS REAL-WORLD FINANCIAL TRAINING ACTIVITY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Brooke High school students participated in a hands-on learning experience on November 19, 2024 thanks to a program by the Office of West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore. During the event, 196 high school students participated in the award-winning financial education activity, Get a Life.

Get a Life is an interactive simulation designed for the State Treasurer’s Office to promote economic literacy. Students are given a realistic family budget and must visit various business stations and manage an expense ledger. The program teaches both basic math skills and problem-solving techniques.

“Programs like Get a Life help to prepare our students to live and succeed in the real world by presenting them with realistic budgeting challenges,” Treasurer Moore said. “We need to do more to ensure our children are ready to handle the financial challenges they will face later in life. Giving this experience early on will help plant the seed for them to be more successful as adults.”

School volunteers helped complete the learning experience by serving as salespeople, insurance agents and doctors in the simulated world.

“My office is pleased to work with Brooke High School to provide this meaningful educational opportunity to our kids,” Treasurer Moore said.

For more information on Get a Life and other educational resources available through the West Virginia State Treasurer’s Office, visit WVTreasury.com.

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Brooke High Students particpate in hands-on learning experience

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