Staff document
In order to participate in Fidelity Investments’ local page in Covington, a fifth-grade class from John G. Carlisle Elementary School traveled to the company’s headquarters last week as part of its regional economic education system.
At Glenn O. Carlisle Elementary School and John G. Carlisle Elementary School, Fidelity mentors individuals in three rooms. Swing Elementary School, both in the Covington Independent School area.
The Adopt A Class system helps to foster these associations. In addition to welcoming kids on-site, Fidelity associates also visit these classrooms.
Next week, the Carlisle Elmentary students took a tour of Fidelity’s Covington services, including our on-site land, to learn about career opportunities in the financial services sector, and practice games with their mentors to improve their financial concepts.
Fifth student Simone said, “It’s joy to include people from Fidelity travel into my course.” When talking about a stock market game, Simone said. I enjoy every activity we engaged in. We tried to see who would make the most money and we had false wealth. We picked specific companies and then saw, in a couple months, if we made or lost income. I discovered that you can invest in various businesses and own shares of those businesses. And that helps develop your money”.
Professor Ms. Knaley agreed, “Many of these individuals don’t ever learn about the spending or spending of money. It’s great that (Fidelity) is so close to Covington. The kids can then begin to understand it as a job they can do as they get older and start to understand it. In college, we’re studying numbers, and now they can interpret that as cash. It’s helped them know more about spending and spending”.
Fidelity Investments ® is committed to fiscal knowledge and the next generation of buyers. The business, which has helped more than 550,000 students receive financial education over the past ten years, is starting a number of new activities to harness the drive and commitment of its 74,000+ partners to make a change in its communities.
“The expertise of our coworkers is one of Fidelity’s greatest advantages. Financial education is just what we do, whether that’s through our charity work in the community or in the products and services we offer our users”, says Pamela Everhart, Head of Regional Public Affairs, Inclusion, and Impact at Fidelity Investments.
The first step toward financial freedom is to improve financial literacy and advance lifelong monetary skills, and by doing so, we can create positive modify for the next generation.
In-School Learning Opportunities for Students and Their Families are a part of Fidelity’s renewed commitment to monetary knowledge. Through coordinating class sessions with Fidelity associates to discuss their skills, Fidelity has launched local pilots, including in Boston and Covington, where it works with public school systems to provide financial education programing to students, teachers, and families.
Fidelity may also host family evenings to provide supplemental educational options to families, siblings, and other family members. Additionally, it will work with EVERFI to distribute online economic education curriculums to teachers in 500 high schools across the nation.