Achieve Miami, a nonprofit organization dedicated to equalizing educational opportunities for students across Miami-Dade County, partnered with global financial services firm Morgan Stanley to target 300 low-income students at high schools across Miami. Launch a new financial literacy program.
The program, which is starting now and will run through April, aims to advance Achieve Miami's mission of equalizing student achievement in every corner of Miami. Teach students the basics of personal finance.
The program includes three sessions at 10 schools in Miami-Dade County for a total of 30 financial literacy lessons. Led by Morgan Stanley employees, each class is structured around budgeting, savings, and credit, designed to teach fundamental lessons in financial literacy education to students as they prepare for high school graduation and adulthood. Designed.
“This initiative will help bring financial literacy to students who otherwise would not have been able to learn this important information in their current curriculum,” said Leslie Miller Siontz, founder of Achieve Miami. It will be helpful.” “These courses are of paramount importance to the Achieve Scholars Foundation and prepare students for future success.”
“Our employees are excited to work with Achieve Miami to support student financial literacy,” said Sam Lallan, Managing Director and Head of Strategy, Morgan Stanley Institute for Inclusion. “There is,” he said. “Through these classes, we aim to prepare our students for financial success and provide them with the knowledge and tools to help them in the future.”
Achieve Miami offers a variety of enrichment programs, including Achieve Scholars, which provides college and career readiness to a diverse group of students from underserved high schools across Miami-Dade. The 10 Achieve Scholar schools participating in the Morgan Stanley workshop are Booker T. Washington, Homestead, Miami Carol City, Miami Central, Miami Edison, Miami Jackson, Miami Northwestern, Miami Southridge, Robert Morgan Education Center, South Dade.
Morgan Stanley's Institute for Inclusion unites the company's employees, communities and customers in a mission to build a more just society. Founded in 2020, the Institute for Inclusion invests in underserved communities to help advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace and to support communities in need.
Achieve Miami is dedicated to closing racial disparities and addressing educational challenges in Miami-Dade schools. Its diverse programs include Achieve Elementary, Achieve Summer, Achieve Saturday, Achieve High School, and Achieve Music. Each of these programs serves to address opportunity gaps in Miami's education system and brings together members from different parts of the community.
Achieve Miami's newest initiative is the Teacher Accelerator Program (TAP). It will help with the national teacher shortage by creating a clear pathway for non-ed majors to enter the teaching profession. Achieve Miami has supported thousands of students. We strengthened programs in more than 60 schools and engaged thousands of volunteers.
For more information about Achieve Miami, please visit www.achievemiami.org.
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