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Roosevelt teachers seek community support for AmeriTown financial literacy for fifth graders
Summary
Roosevelt Elementary teachers described AmeriTown, a project-based field trip that simulates a town to teach financial literacy, civics and job skills to fifth graders and asked the commission to help broaden community support and local funding options for student participation.
Caitlin Schmidt, a fifth-grade teacher at Roosevelt Elementary, told the Ellis County Commission on April 1 that AmeriTown is a five‑year school program (sixth year if not for COVID) that converts a renovated high‑school space in Lenora into a mock town designed to teach financial literacy, civic participation and job skills to fifth graders.
"...we are teaching our kids how to be an adult. How do you balance your money? How do you fill out a check register?" Schmidt said, describing the program's emphasis on money management, civic engagement and workplace skills. She said students prepare through 28 lessons beginning in…
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