APRIL IS FINANCIAL LITERACY MONTH!
 

Teach children important lessons on money management, savings, and investing!

Lessons/Activities on KCEE Website
Money Talks Lessons on Kentucky Banker's Association website

FINANCIAL LITERACY POETRY CONTEST
Deadline is May 7, 2010, 4:00pmEDT

Did you know that April is Financial Literacy AND Poetry month?  To celebrate, the Kentucky Council on Economic Education (KCEE )and Citizens Union Bank (CUB) invite students to enter their "Financial Literacy Poetry Contest".

Contest Rules:
*Subject of poem must be focused on financial literacy (suggested vocabulary: advertise, bank, budget, buy, checks, consumer, credit, debit, expenses, income, investment, money, price, save, spend, wants, etc.)
*Poem must be student's original work.
*One entry per student
*Submitted entries become the property of KCEE and student agrees to allow KCEE to publish submitted poems online or in their publications.

POETRY ENTRY FORM
(You must use a separate entry form for each student entry.)

Contest Dates:
Entries must by postmarked or submitted online by May 7, 2010.
Winners will by notified by May 14, 2010.

Prizes:
A $50 savings bond will be awarded to one winner in each of the following divisions:
Division 1: Grades K-2
Division 2: Grades 3-5
Division 3: Grades 6-8
Division 4: Grades 9-12

A program of the Kentucky Council on Economic Education

 

Start the Savings Habit early!

Submit entries to Poetry Contest, KCEE, 11601 Bluegrass Parkway, Louisville, KY 40299 or as email attachments to bettysue@econ.org
Classroom teachers - submit only top 5 entries!