On March 8, sophomores at Berkshire High School participated in Real World Real Money, a program offered through The Ohio State University...
Real Money Real World
On March 8, sophomores at Berkshire High School participated in Real World Real Money, a program offered through The Ohio State University Extension, which aims to teach students who are learning economics about how much money one could be expected to earn in various careers, how much is deducted in taxes and how much they will need to have the necessities and extras as an income-earning adult.
By luck of the draw, students are assigned an occupation and corresponding salary as well as the number of children they have to support. They make their way through several simulations in which they have to procure housing, transportation, utilities, insurance and more to learn how to budget and what it takes to make it.
Mr. Higgs, the economics teacher, has been hosting this program as an extension to his curriculum for the past 11 years and commented, “I really like the program. Ohio State does a great job with it; each year they update the incomes and costs to reflect reality.”
Local community and business members participate in the running of this annual event, as well as OSU staff.
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Berkshire Junior-Senior High School Students of the Month for February are (l to r) back row: Sam Starr, Cameron Layne, Tyler Dillon; and front row: Katrina Ostrander, Cennedie Hall and Megan Filby.
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In Berkshire’s organic chemistry class, students complete a pharmaceutical lab testing student-made aspirin as well as different consumer brands integrating technology, real world application, rigor and critical thinking.
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Berkshire sophomores participate in the Real World Real Money program at school.
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Berkshire Board of Education welcomes new superintendent John Stoddard and his family to Berkshire Local Schools with a meet and greet reception after the March 6 board meeting.
