Think like an owner
Go beyond a familiar logo. Ask what a company does and how it earns money.
Open the classroomUnderstand how money works. Explore real companies. Learn to make thoughtful decisions, together.
Explore the first lessonBuild a practice portfolio, explain your choices, and discover why the questions matter as much as the numbers.
Try the portfolio labGo beyond a familiar logo. Ask what a company does and how it earns money.
Open the classroomExplore allocation and concentration with imaginary dollars.
Build a mock portfolioUnderstand the optional account journey and what families need to know.
Visit parent resourcesOur school-based program connects financial literacy with leadership, critical thinking, ethical stewardship, and faith in action. Students practice asking why, listening to one another, and considering how money can serve their families and communities.
Six proposed restart modules, adapted from the pilot’s themes. Work through them with a facilitator or a parent. These are learning activities, not scheduled class announcements.
This space will bring classroom ideas to life through approved teaching clips and student presentations.
Capture the questions, examples, and teaching methods that help students understand investing. The historical concept includes educator materials and short modules.
A proposed long-term story about financial habits and learning. No filming schedule or research enrollment is announced.
Financial Adventures explores entrepreneurship through student ideas, simple business plans, and reflection.
Try a knowledge check, then explain your thinking. This page does not submit answers to your teacher or save your work.
Do not include your name, account information, or balances. Reflections are not saved or submitted. Download before leaving or reloading. Moving between the 11 club sections keeps your writing on this page. Browser exit warnings may not appear on every device. Share it only through your teacher’s approved channel.
Allocate a pretend $1,000 across four learning categories. These categories and amounts are an exercise, not a suggested allocation. No trades or live prices are involved.
Archived company examples: Amazon, Nvidia, Coca-Cola, Chevron, Visa, Caterpillar, Verizon, Johnson & Johnson, and Sherwin-Williams.
The supplied handoff lists nine companies, while an archived lesson describes a ten-company exercise. No tenth holding or allocation has been assumed. These are historical classroom examples, not current recommendations or reported returns.
The proposed real-account learning layer is optional and parent-involved. You can participate in classroom learning without funding an investment account.
Students practice making decisions, discussing risk, and reflecting on stewardship. Real-account participation is a separate, opt-in learning layer.
Company research, simulated portfolios, group discussions, and reflection help students explain their choices. Financial results are not a measure of a student’s worth or learning.
The proposed structure involves a parent or guardian; the exact account type, ownership, and adult responsibilities remain to be confirmed. The school, Foundation, facilitators, and any provider must have clearly defined responsibilities before launch.
The final current parent packet and account provider are awaiting confirmation. Account opening is unavailable until the provider, account type, parent materials, and oversight arrangements are confirmed. Meanwhile, explore the classroom lessons or portfolio lab together.
Expected components include permission, a custodial-account explainer, platform instructions, a risk explainer, an index-fund education sheet, a student questionnaire, and signature pages.
No mandatory funding is part of the proposed program. Families may choose the educational activities without the real-account layer. Historical donor seed-funding ideas are not a current funding commitment.
The program concept involves an adult managing an account for a student. The exact account type and its ownership, control, tax, and financial-aid implications must be explained in the provider’s current materials before a family decides. Historical references to UGMA and possible brokerages do not establish today’s selection.
This hub collects no student names, financial balances, account credentials, or submitted assessments. Reflections and quizzes stay in the current page unless you download a reflection. There is no saved student dashboard.
Educational permission does not grant permission to publish photos, recordings, names, or testimonials. Media permission must be obtained separately. Public reporting should use approved stories and aggregate results.
Both can hold many company stocks. An S&P 500 index fund follows an index focused on large U.S. companies. A U.S. total-market index fund generally includes large, medium, and small U.S. companies. Their holdings overlap, and both can lose value. The specific fund’s documents explain its holdings, costs, and risks.
Class discussion: why might a larger number of holdings still leave a fund exposed to a broad market decline?
The new roster and officer assignments will be confirmed for 2026–27. Historical student names are not published here.
Prepare the discussion, invite different views, and help the next student leader learn the role.
Support teamwork and make sure quieter voices have time to contribute.
Check the simulated portfolio calculations and clearly explain how the numbers were obtained.
Record decisions, reasons, unanswered questions, and follow-up work.
We aim to understand participation, knowledge, habits, and the quality of the learning experience. No 2026–27 outcome data has been published yet.
| Area | Proposed measure | Public reporting |
|---|---|---|
| Participation | Enrollment, attendance, completion | Aggregate counts |
| Learning | Baseline and checkpoint assessments; reflections | Group-level learning change |
| Habits | Voluntary savings and contribution milestones | Permissioned, aggregate patterns |
| Program health | Volunteer time, teacher and parent feedback | Program improvements |
| Storytelling | Presentations and approved testimonials | Separately approved stories |
| Support | Grant submissions, program cost, sponsorships | Verified funding and costs |
Classroom instruction, materials, technology, and careful measurement are core support needs. The 2026–27 budget, sponsorship terms, and Foundation legal and tax details must be confirmed before a fundraising offer is published. This page does not accept donations or make tax-deductibility claims.
A proposed facilitation guide for the restart, built from the program’s historical learning themes. Adapt pacing to student needs and the school’s confirmed schedule.
| 0–5 minutes | Opening question and recap. Invite one student to explain the previous idea. |
|---|---|
| 5–15 minutes | Introduce one concept with an accessible example. |
| 15–30 minutes | Small-group activity. Ask students to record their assumptions. |
| 30–40 minutes | Compare decisions and discuss risk, evidence, and stewardship. |
| 40–47 minutes | Individual reflection and a short knowledge check. |
| 47–50 minutes | Assign a clear next step and capture unanswered questions. |
Emerging: Names a concept but needs help explaining it.
Developing: Explains the concept with an example and identifies a risk.
Applying: Uses evidence, states uncertainty, compares alternatives, and reflects on values.
Use reasoning, not investment performance, to assess learning. Keep identifiable results in the approved school or program system.
The pilot used Google Classroom for assignments, Google Sheets for mock portfolios, Canva or Google Slides for recaps, and reflection journals. Current class links have not been supplied.
Before each session: confirm the topic, materials, attendance method, and assignment channel. Afterward: record attendance, learning observations, reflection completion, volunteer time, and next actions in permissioned records.
The Gillingham Project’s historical concept includes classroom capture, an educator toolkit, a workbook, six to eight video modules, and trainer support. A certification pathway is a future concept, not an available credential.
Confirm educator roles and recording permissions before capture. Current FinMango involvement and the Medina County JDC pilot status have not been established for this restart.
Current direction, historical context, and the details still being confirmed.
The grades 6–8 program at Saint Ambrose School in Brunswick, Ohio used approximately 45–50-minute sessions every other Monday. The archived overview names Bob Gillingham and James Collins as facilitators and Michelle Dietrich as faculty advisor; current assignments require confirmation.