BHS Seniors Visit Rogers to Share Personal Finance Lessons

On May 8, 2026, seniors in the BHS Personal Finance class created mini-lessons for Rogers Elementary students to demonstrate their understanding of a finance topic they learned this year. The project incorporated best practices in disciplinary literacy as well as equitable grading, such as student choice, sustained investigation based on student questions, and supported exploration as high school students created their lessons.

Seniors were encouraged to create advanced lessons than have been offered in past years. Last year, for example, many groups presented on basic budgeting and saving versus spending. After the class reviewed the findings, it was determined that elementary students were capable of handling more complex concepts related to these topics. This year, students discussed specific budgeting methods, providing younger students with more detailed scenarios involving saving and spending including: investing, stocks, insurance and fraud/scams.

Berkley High School Mathematics teacher Natalie Konwinski shared, “This is our 2nd year with this project and both groups really enjoyed it. In future years, we would like to expand options to do this more than once at the end of the year.