{"id":4035,"date":"2021-02-05T14:34:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T22:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/moscrop-studentservices\/?p=4035"},"modified":"2021-02-12T10:07:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T18:07:30","slug":"pennydrops-an-sfu-club-for-financial-literacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/moscrop-studentservices\/2021\/02\/05\/pennydrops-an-sfu-club-for-financial-literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"PENNYDROPS: An SFU Club for Financial Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Initially starting as a pilot project at McGill University, PennyDrops partnered with the Bank of Montreal to deliver the program to 88 high school students in its first semester.<\/div>\n
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Today, PennyDrops is a mature, coast-to-coast organisation, with 19 chapters (the newest one being SFU) spanning from Vancouver to Halifax.<\/div>\n
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We are also currently deepening partnerships with organisations such as Pathways to Education and I Love First Peoples, to make this program more accessible to underserved regions and marginalised demographics.<\/div>\n
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PennyDrops recently launched a program,\u00a0PennyDrops Anywhere<\/a>, which is what I wanted to\u00a0tell you about today.<\/div>\n
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It is an online platform where high school students can participate in lessons such as Mindful Spending, Banking 101, Savings, Credit, and my current favourite one fitting for February, Taxes.<\/div>\n
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On the site there are interactive activities for students to apply their new concepts and skills, as well as offer student progress reports for teachers.<\/div>\n
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Financial Literacy is education I hold closely to my heart, as this is so essential when it comes to things like saving up for post-secondary or being able to make informed financial decisions during, or after high school.<\/div>\n
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A lot of my post-secondary planning was actually a combination of advice and observations from so many of the staff, so I really thought of Moscrop as a place where PennyDrops Anywhere would benefit many students.<\/div>\n
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Acknowledging that Moscrop is a bilingual school, we also offer this program in French as PennyDrops is Quebec-based \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n
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Visit the website for more information:<\/div>\n
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https:\/\/www.pennydrops.org\/<\/a><\/div>\n
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