Flint Northern High School graduate Shatoya Holiday is working diligently toward her dream of becoming a judge. With a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a minor in substance abuse from the University of Michigan-Flint, Holiday is currently working as a clerk at the Travis County Court House in Austin, Texas with plans to attend […]

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Elementary students through YouthQuest have begun participating in the YQ Biz My Town program, a curriculum teaching entrepreneurialism and financial literacy. “We are excited to have launched our YQ Biz program,” says Leslie Davis, program director of afterschool education for Flint & Genesee Education & Talent. “Our students are learning about profit and cost, production, […]

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By Dr. Kimberly Leverette April marks Financial Literacy Month. Moving into the month, I want to recognize the importance of preparing students for the future through teaching financial literacy. In a survey of 15-year-old students shared on Youth.gov, 18 percent had not yet learned fundamental financial skills including building a simple budget, comparison shopping or […]

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Sole on the Page Middle and high school students at International Academy of Flint have been learning about creating designs for their own custom shoes. After creating these designs, students will have the opportunity to make their creations a reality by putting their designs on an actual pair of sneakers. This activity allowed students to […]

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