Bush Gardens or Bust

School:: Golden Gate High
Subject:: Special Needs Students
Teacher:: Kelly Stevenson-Crews
: Carrey VanDyne
Students Impacted:: 15
Grade:: 12
Date:: September 29, 2023

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Goal

Our interns will learn how to open a savings account and budget money. They must know how much money they make, the amount of their monthly bills and the amount of their everyday expenses in order to calculate how much money they will have left to put into their savings accounts and plan for our class trip!

What will be done with my students

Our interns will learn about 3 way budgeting: money for wants, needs and the future. They will participate in a mock budgeting program and learn how to save money for our class trip! Our interns will earn mock money based on daily evaluations from their job training sites, their Social Security Disability checks, and their site based school businesses (Get It Fresh Produce, Grind Up Café and G.A.T.E Print Shop!) They will then create a monthly budget, pay monthly bills, and save money for their savings accounts. Our interns will chart their earnings and record on a visual thermometer to watch their savings grow!

Benefits to my students

Our interns are in the Greater Achievement Through Empowerment (G.A.T.E.) program. Each of our interns have earned their high school diplomas and have elected to defer their diploma. After graduation, they have returned to school for employability and independent living skills. Currently, we are at six community sites and receive daily evaluations based on their job performances and goals. We want to expand what we are doing to provide a real-life opportunity so our interns can reap the benefits of their hard work and to learn how to work and save for the "big" items we want!

Budget Narrative

Last year our class took a trip to SeaWorld as a reward for reaching their goals! They had such a wonderful time and we wanted to do this again this year. We decided to incorporate this trip into a learning experience and teach how to budget and be able to work and save for something. We will also use monies from our school store to fund this project.

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#	Item	Cost
1	15 students @ $133.00 each	$1,995.00
	Total:	$1,995.00

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