{"id":21144,"date":"2026-04-06T14:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=21144"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:41:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:41:28","slug":"high-school-seniors-get-a-crash-course-in-financial-fitness","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/high-school-seniors-get-a-crash-course-in-financial-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"High school seniors get a crash course in financial fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-21144-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2026\/04\/financialfitness0403full.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2026\/04\/financialfitness0403full.mp3\">https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2026\/04\/financialfitness0403full.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Even grownups often struggle with making ends meet. But a special program for area high schoolers is helping young people hone the financial skills they&#8217;ll need in the grownup world.<\/p>\n<p>These Leon High School seniors sound excited and they are (sound of students talking loudly.)<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re learning how to make it to the end of the month and still have money left over. The event was a Financial Fitness Fair made possible by the First Commerce Credit Union Foundation. Among the students was Kamryn Ferrell.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I felt like being able to see visually see where your money&#8217;s going and how you can budget what&#8217;s important and not important. I feel it really gave me a full picture of what my life will be like. So it was really important and I was glad we got to do it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Her classmate Mary Grace Parker was also enjoying the crash course in financial fitness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I learned that I should have a lot more respect for my parents! I was very shocked by how difficult it is to keep a budget, even when we planned ahead. So I learned that finances will creep up on you and if you&#8217;re not setting aside savings, you&#8217;ll be in the negatives and not set up for success.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Various credit union people sat in with the kids during the session, including First Commerce CEO Cecilia Homison who had lots of good advice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As I keep telling them, you protect your credit, you pay yourself. You let your credit get away from you, you&#8217;re paying somebody else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The credit union regularly hosts financial fitness fairs for the region&#8217;s high school seniors. 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