Community Bank brings personal finance class to Cape High

Over the past 12 months, Cape Henlopen College District and Group Financial institution Delaware have been working collectively to offer a possibility for college students at Cape Henlopen Excessive College to study managing their private funds.

“We had been exploring including a private finance course to our curriculum at the highschool, so when the chance to accomplice with Group Financial institution Delaware got here, it actually was good timing,” stated Dr. Michael Younger, Cape Henlopen College District supervisor of secondary training. “This partnership allowed us to implement a private finance course for the primary time this faculty 12 months, with three lessons being supplied and roughly 70 college students who elected to take the year-long course.”

Foundations in Private Finance is obtainable to college students in grades 9-12, using supplies from Ramsey Options. “This program advantages our highschool college students in plenty of methods,” stated Bob Fulton, Cape Henlopen College District superintendent. “It breaks down monetary planning and administration in a means that’s each informative and inspiring to the scholars, and in the end units them up with the instruments they’ll want for a financially accountable future.”

Foundations in Private Finance has helped greater than 5 million college students nationwide, and over 45% of excessive faculties have taught these influential classes on budgeting, saving, spending correctly and extra.

Group Financial institution Delaware opened in 2006 and at this time has over $294 million in property. “Group Financial institution Delaware was began by a bunch of native enterprise professionals who wished to deal with serving the wants of the neighborhood,” stated William Jack Riddle, Group Financial institution Delaware president. “What higher approach to proceed that mission than offering early alternatives for our youth to study the significance of managing their funds? We’re very happy with our partnership with Cape Henlopen College District, and we’d encourage different native companies to see about sponsoring different faculties in Sussex County with the Ramsey Options curriculum. This training will make a distinction to our youth.”