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Teach Children to Save Day (The News Journal)
Wilmington
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Contributed by the Delaware Bankers Association
Governor Jack Markell will proclaim the week of April 27th “Delaware Teach Children to Save Week” in a ceremony to be held on Monday, April 27th at 1:00 p.m. at the Highlands Elementary School, 2100 Gilpin Avenue, Wilmington, DE. The proclamation will be followed on Tuesday, April 28, by Delaware’s 11th annual Teach Children to Save Day.
Earlier in the day on April 27th, at 11:00 a.m., Congressman Michael N. Castle will teach a third grade class at Highlands Elementary School. Congressman Castle will read the new children’s book The Great Investo and the Astounding, Abounding, Compounding Machine. The book illustrates the concept of compound interest and the importance of saving to elementary school children. The book was written and illustrated by Greg Koseluk of the Delaware Bankers Association, with Dr. Bonnie Meszaros, Associate Director of the University of Delaware’s Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship (CEEE), serving as the educational consultant.
Teach Children to Save Day is a part of a national program developed by the American Bankers Association’s Education Foundation to teach children about the importance of saving. The Delaware Bankers Association coordinates the program in partnership with the CEEE. The CEEE develops the lessons which meet Delaware’s state economic education standards. In addition to lesson development, CEEE also plays a vital role in preparing the lesson packets for each volunteer and classroom teacher, as well as matching the bankers to the schools.
This year approximately 500 banker volunteers will teach an estimated 15,000 students in 111 public, private, and parochial schools, throughout Delaware. Over 90 percent of Delaware’s banks participate in the Teach Children to Save Day event, the highest participation rate in the nation.
The Delaware Bankers Association is a not-for-profit, private trade association that represents its members that are chartered to do banking business in the State of Delaware in the areas of State and Federal advocacy, education, community outreach, communications and events.
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