Reality U will happen on Tuesday, February 21 at Lyons Middle School.
Reality U is a 75-minute simulation of a student's financial future as their potential 26-year-old self. The simulation is based on the student's current GPA. The GPA helps determine which types of jobs students may have. The student takes a survey where they decide if they are married, have kids, pets, and other various options that pertain to life. Students then receive a profile for their simulation and they work through a budget based on their profile. The simulation is offered to 8th and 10th-grade students. In recent years, we have hosted this event with close to 40 community members present to help run the tables for the simulation and have included Chase, Little River, and Sterling schools.
The students will be provided with a unique and individualized future scenario. Each scenario includes the student’s monthly income, credit card debt, student loan information, as well as marital and family status. Students are given a checkbook register to track their monthly purchases from the 12 booths representing services and/or products that adults typically must purchase or consider each month.
Our community partner volunteers are essential to success. They staff the booths and provide students with information about available products and services they purchase. Booths include: housing, child care, supermarket, chance, transportation, utilities, shopping, financial services, phone and fun, car insurance, medical center, and a question and answer booth.
If you wish to help support this event, please contact Christi Reid at Lyons Middle School, at 620-257-3961.
To view more information go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHHMuvcF6A0