{"id":1315729,"date":"2019-10-16T18:41:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T00:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=989434"},"modified":"2019-10-16T18:41:13","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T00:41:13","slug":"gshs-financial-literacy-teacher-student-recognized-by-colorados-moneywiser-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/gshs-financial-literacy-teacher-student-recognized-by-colorados-moneywiser-program\/","title":{"rendered":"GSHS financial literacy teacher, student recognized by Colorado\u2019s \u2018MoneyWiser\u2019 program"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
Jill Wilson with a student in her financial literacy class at Glenwood Springs High School.<\/strong>
Provided<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Like many high school students, Mahlon Mitzel has been working a couple of jobs to make some spending money and begin saving for the future.<\/p>\n

But it wasn\u2019t until he took the financial literacy class at Glenwood Springs High School last year that he began learning how to manage his money.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe class gives us a lot of
\nnecessary knowledge that we will need to be successful in life,\u201d Mitzel said.<\/p>\n

Mitzel recently earned one of
\na handful of $1,500 student scholarships awarded through the Colorado Attorney
\nGeneral Office\u2019s Colorado Kids MoneyWiser program\u2019s Financial Innovation
\nAwards.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to set
\nstudents up for financial success, both early and later in life,\u201d Mitzel said.<\/p>\n

He plans to use the
\nscholarship money for college, along with the money he\u2019s been socking away from
\nhis jobs as a caddy at Roaring Fork Club and dishwasher at the Native Son
\nrestaurant.<\/p>\n

In addition, Jill Wilson, who is in her sixth year teaching the financial literacy class at GSHS, was recognized with the Financial Innovation Educator Honoree Award. For her efforts, she received $3,500, which she said she will likely use for training and curriculum. <\/p>\n

\n
\n
Student Mahlon Mitzel and his teacher Jill Wilson with their respective Financial Innovation Awards.<\/strong>
Provided<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cMost of our sophomores take
\nfinancial literacy at Glenwood Springs High School,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cRight now
\nit\u2019s an elective, but I would like to see the district require it, because I
\nthink it\u2019s so important.\u201d<\/p>\n

The semester-long class,
\nwhich includes about 220 students per year, stresses the importance of saving
\nmoney and building an emergency fund, as well as how to navigate the banking
\nsystem and credit reporting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also talk about loans, and
\nthe principles of investing and the necessity of insurance \u2026 basic finance that
\neverybody needs,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n

Students will often come back to visit Wilson a few years later and say hers was one of the most important classes they took in high school.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, almost every adult I
\ntalk to, when I mention what I teach, will say they wish they would have had
\nthat,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cSo, I think the message is sinking in.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Next Gen Personal Finance training in California two years ago helped Wilson take the curriculum to another level, she said. That\u2019s something she can now share with other teachers in the Roaring Fork School District and across Colorado.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen schools do decide to put a course like this into play, they need a teacher who has some kind of background, and some special interest,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cIt\u2019s something I\u2019d like to see happen in all of our valley schools, so that students are not trying to guess their way through it after they graduate.\u201d<\/p>\n

jstroud@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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