5th Grade Students Learn Financial Literacy

Approximately 50 DECA Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District’s John F. Kennedy High School students, also known as High School Heroes (HSH), recently taught Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School and H.B. Mattlin Middle School fifth grade students valuable lessons in personal finance during their Financial Literacy Day. HSH students spent the day covering topics that included responsible ways for saving and spending money, making smart consumer decisions and tools for budgeting.

The HSH students taught lessons, disguised as games, to teach each of the fifth grade classes important life lessons for financial success. The games consisted of two different challenges; one for keeping track of personal finances and the other required students to setup a mock business and maintain its finances.

Photo 1(HSHs at POBMS): DECA students, also known as High School Heroes, from Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District’s John F. Kennedy High School met with fifth grade students from Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School to teach lessons on personal finance during Financial Literacy Day.

Photo 2(HSHs at Mattlin): DECA students, also known as High School Heroes, from Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District’s John F. Kennedy High School met with fifth grade students from H.B. Mattlin Middle School to teach lessons on personal finance during Financial Literacy Day.

Photo 3 (Andrew Scalia w/students): Andrew Scalia, a High School Hero from Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District’s John F. Kennedy High School, taught students about personal finance through interactive games in honor of Financial Literacy Day.