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Republic’s FCCLA program participated in the Life Skills Fair held at MSU in September.
Students were given a salary and different pop-up scenarios such as a doctor’s visit or a flat tire. With the salary they were given, students then had to plan out a budget to cover housing, transportation, insurance, entertainment, and other real-life expenses. The goal was to end up with as much money left over as possible. Rather than competing, students compared and talked about different life choices that were made based on different incomes.
“Students hopefully see how education affects their income. They see what life choices they will have to make when they become adults,” says FCCLA adviser Andrea Carter. “When they finish the process, they have a lot of conversations about how much money they have left over and what choices they made based on their income.”
Junior Cloey Wilder explains that students get more out of the Life Skills Fair than just budgeting abilities. “The Life Skills Fair is beneficial to us because it helps us get involved in the community and FCCLA. It shows organizations what we can do in FCCLA, like the STAR event and fundraisers. It helps with ideas we can have to raise money for our school and others.”
(Photos courtesy Andrea Carter)