MISSISSIPPI HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LEARN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT THANKS TO PRIORITYONE BANK
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January 30, 2013
MISSISSIPPI HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LEARN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT THANKS TO PRIORITYONE BANK
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – PriorityOne Bank is sponsoring Dave Ramsey’s Foundations in Personal Finance curriculum for 125 students at 2 high schools in Mississippi. Foundations in Personal Finance is the premier curriculum for teaching financial literacy to students using interactive learning.
Ramsey developed Foundations
in Personal Finance to teach students sound financial principles so they
can avoid financial difficulties as they become adults. The lessons are taught
in an entertaining, passionate, and easy-to-understand style to help students
learn the financial lessons their parents have learned the hard way. Each
interactive lesson is taught by Ramsey through age-specific questions. The
curriculum is aligned with national and state standards with an emphasis on
21st Century Learning Skills like critical thinking, analyzing information,
problem solving, and applying knowledge to new situations.
Foundations in
Personal Finance is being taught in more than 10,000 schools and
educational institutions.
PriorityOne Bank, based in Magee, Mississippi, operates in
ten Mississippi communities: Collins, Seminary, Hattiesburg, Magee,
Mendenhall, Richland, Brandon, Pearl, Pelahatchie, and Morton. For more
information, visit www.priorityonebank.com.
About Dave Ramsey
America’s trusted voice on money and business, Dave Ramsey
is a personal money-management expert and extremely popular national radio
personality. Four of his New York Times
best-selling books –Financial Peace, More Than Enough, The Total Money Makeover and
EntreLeadership – have sold more than 7 million copies combined.
In 1992, Ramsey founded The Lampo Group, Inc. to provide
financial counseling, through various means, to anyone who wants to better
understand the principles of proper money management. Twenty years later, the
company has grown from a card table in his living room to more than 300 team
members and has been voted one of the Best Places to Work in Nashville five
times in a row. He runs a multi-million dollar company with a nationally
recognized brand, but he defines success by the number of lives changed through
his message of hope.
Ramsey offers that life-changing message as host of a
nationally syndicated radio program, “The Dave Ramsey Show,” which is heard by
6 million listeners each week on more than 500 radio stations as well as The Dave
Ramsey Channel on iHeartRadio. More than 2 million families have attended FPU
classes at their workplace, church, military base, local nonprofit
organization, community group or Spanish speaking organization.
Contact: Jamie Moorer
Foundations in Personal Finance
615.515.3223, x5572
jamie.moorer@daveramsey.com
Whitney Barnes
Marketing and
Advertising Officer
PriorityOne Bank
601-423-0166
wbarnes@priorityonebank.com
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