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Bank at School Program Launched at Brock and Alton Elementary Schools (10-19-2009)
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Two Slidell elementary schools have opened bank branches for students to give them first hand experience in opening and managing savings accounts. The Bank at School project is popular at several St. Tammany Parish public schools, providing real life skills in handling their finances and teaching the importance of saving money.
Brock Elementary School offered a Bank at School prior to Hurricane Katrina, and recently began operating its bank program again. Alton Elementary School held its Grand Opening of its own banking program recently. Together the schools had a total of approximately 60 students who banked a little over $500 on the first day of in-school banking, according to Shirrelle Gordon-Jefferson, liaison for the program.
Bank manager Holly Hooker with Whitney Bank in Old Town Slidell partnered with Brock Elementary and Alton Elementary Schools to provide the guidance for the student bank branches. The aim of the program is to help students learn the opportunities and responsibilities of saving money, with fifth grade students providing the manpower for the “bank” which offers a counter and teller windows at which other students conduct their financial transactions.
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