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The brass|STUDENT PROGRAM is a nationwide initiative to strengthen high school students' understanding of the money side of life™. The brass|STUDENT PROGRAM is currently available to public high schools in New York and Wisconsin, with the goal of reaching every public high school in the USA.

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From the Credit Union Times
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Take the Challenge!

Take the Challenge!

Something exciting is in the works for high school teachers and their students. This April, high school teachers are invited to save a class period for the first-ever, National Financial Literacy Challenge.

A new initiative of the President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy, this new recognition program will use a voluntary test to determine and reward high levels of financial literacy among America's high school students.

CARLOS VISITS CINCINNATUS HIGH SCHOOL

A class of Computer Work Study students from Cincinnatus High School in New York recently made an idea a reality, with help from a recent brass cover subject. Inspired by Carlos Andres Gomez, from the February ’07 brass cover, these five students and their teacher raised money to bring Carlos to their school. Donors and sponsors, including the New York Credit Union Foundation, raised over $5,000 to fulfill the speaking fee (which Carlos offered to waive when he heard of the students’ efforts).

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