RIVIERA BEACH, Fla.,
June 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- Comerica Bank and educators from Lincoln Elementary School
honored 77 graduates from the Comerica Bank Money $ense
Program, a financial education course designed to empower young
people with the essential skills needed to make sound financial
decisions. Comerica Bank has partnered with leading education
technology company EverFi, Inc., to bring this interactive,
web-based financial management program to 684 students in 16
Florida schools during the 2015-2016 year. Throughout the course of
this school year, the participating elementary students completed
more than 2,600 learning modules, or more than 2,000 cumulative
hours of financial literacy instruction.
Students at Lincoln Elementary were recognized yesterday for
their outstanding work in completing the program. The event
included remarks from Comerica Bank Florida Market President
Angela Mastrofrancesco and educators
who implemented the Comerica Bank Money $ense Program at
Lincoln Elementary.
"These students are our future consumers and the future leaders
of our nation. The more we can do to help them learn, grow and
prosper, the more the Florida economy will benefit and our
communities will be strengthened," said Angela Mastrofrancesco, Florida Market President of Comerica Bank.
"Comerica Bank is proud to partner with EverFi to bring this
innovative financial education platform to Florida students to help
them build a foundation of wise financial decisions and
stewardship."
Comerica Bank has partnered with EverFi, Inc. to bring the
program to local students at no cost to the schools or the
taxpayer. The web-based program uses the latest in new media
technology – simulations, avatars, gaming and adaptive-pathing – to
bring complex financial concepts to life for today's digital
generation. The course offers over three hours of programming with
six units in a variety of age appropriate financial topics
including budgeting, the differences between needs and wants,
basics of saving and investing, credit and borrowing, the
fundamentals of insurance, and other critical concepts that map to
national financial literacy standards. The platform uniquely tracks
the progress and performance of every student and provides students
who successfully complete the course with Certification in
Financial Literacy, a valuable mark of distinction.
"Lincoln Elementary School strives to create well-rounded
students in all aspects of life, inside and outside the classroom,"
said Lincoln Elementary Principal Alicia
Porter. "We are grateful for these public private
partnerships that enable us to provide innovative resources and new
opportunities to students in our district."
About Comerica
Comerica Bank (NYSE: CMA) operates full-service banking centers
and wealth management centers in Fort
Lauderdale, Naples,
Palm Beach Gardens, Singer Island
and Wellington, as well as
Boca Raton, Comerica's Florida
regional headquarters. Comerica is strategically aligned by three
business segments: The Business Bank, The Retail Bank, and Wealth
Management. Comerica focuses on relationships, and helping people
and businesses be successful. In addition to Florida, Comerica Bank
locations can be found in its headquarters state of
Texas, as well as
Arizona, California and Michigan, with select
businesses operating in several other states, as well as
in Canada and Mexico. Comerica reported total assets
of $69.0 billion at March 31, 2016.
About EverFi
EverFi, Inc. is the leading education technology company focused
on teaching, assessing, and certifying K-12 and college students in
the critical skills they need for life. The company teams with
major corporations and foundations to provide the programs at no
cost to K-12 schools. Some of America's leading CEOs and venture
capital firms are EverFi investors including Amazon founder and CEO
Jeff Bezos, Twitter founder
Evan Williams, Rethink Education,
New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA), and Tomorrow Ventures (the
investment arm of Google Chairman Eric
Schmidt). Learn more at www.everfi.com.
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