GLENDALE, Ariz., April 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --Today, Glendale Mayor Jerry
Weiers, State Senator Kimberly
Yee (LD-10), Comerica Bank executives and educators from
Horizon Elementary School honored 151 graduates from the
Comerica Bank Money $ense Program, a financial education
course designed to empower students 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 19 Arizona schools this school year. The Comerica-sponsored
educational curriculum program has been completed by nearly 1,000
Valley students to-date, with more than 2,250 learning modules
completed.
At today's certification ceremony, students at Horizon
Elementary were recognized for their outstanding work in
successfully completing the program. The event included remarks
from Mayor Weiers, Senator Yee, Arizona Bankers Association
President & CEO, Paul Hickman,
and educators who implemented the Comerica Bank Money $ense
Program at Horizon Elementary.
"I hope that as these students make financial decisions in their
daily lives, they think back to this experience," said
Annette Musa, Comerica Bank's
Arizona Market President. "Comerica is committed to serving the
Valley community and enhancing educational opportunities that give
students a better chance of being successful. We're proud to be a
partner in this quest to prepare our students to become good
financial stewards."
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.
"Horizon Elementary School strives to create well-rounded
students in all aspects of life, inside and outside the classroom,"
said Horizon Elementary teacher Tammy
Hamblen. "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 Bank
Comerica Bank is a subsidiary of
Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA), the 22nd largest U.S. financial
holding company, and 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. Comerica currently operates 19 full-service banking
centers throughout the Phoenix-Scottsdale area. In addition to Arizona, Comerica Bank locations can be found
in its headquarters state of Texas, as well as in California, Florida and Michigan, with select businesses operating in
several other states, as well as in Canada and Mexico. To find us on Facebook, please visit
www.facebook.com/ComericaCares. Follow Comerica on Twitter at
@ComericaCares and follow Comerica Chief Economist Robert Dye on Twitter at @Comerica_Econ. For
more information, please visit www.comerica.com.
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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