Accounting+Day

=Accounting Day for Kids!= =Thursday, November 12, 2009= Accounting Day for Kids is an event sponsored by the Ohio Society of CPAs. A Sherwood community member has been interested in establishing a business partnership with our school for the last few years. In alignment with the business/community relations, I served as coordinator for this learning opportunity. The partnership enabled students to learn about economics and financial decisions through a simulation game of buying and selling stocks. The event lasted an entire school day with the accountants spending about an hour and a half in grades 4 through 6. They also taught the enrichment learning opportunity class how to use Microsoft Excel to represent data. Planning this learning opportunity required collaborations with teachers and administrators. I worked closely with the accountants to tie this experience to the curriculum and communicated the objectives to the teachers.

=__Resources:__= ====Several means were used to contact the media. In addition to consistent emails and faxes, the district public relations coordinator was contacted. The event was covered by Channel 5, Channel 19 and the Cincinnati Enquirer. Persistent communication along with a catchy slogan."Recess for the Recession," both proved to be effective in acquiring their attention.====

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 * School Coverage on Sherwood Website at http://www.foresthills.edu/school_NewsArticle.aspx?artID=1492&schoolID=8


 * This event is coordinated statewide by the Ohio Society for Certified Public Accountants http://www.ohioscpa.com/Content/39872.aspx

__**Standards:**__

// IV-Relations with the Broader Community // 48. Involve Family, Business and Community in a School-Wide Project D. Establish community, business, institutional and civic partnerships **b. Description**: Collaborate with local accounting firm to plan and implement Accounting Day on  November 12th. The program will last approximately an hour and will be presented to individual grade levels. The game and lessons will be differentiated to meet the economics and math standards at each grade level. Students will make real world connections to the importance of money management. They will participate in a game where they purchase stock and watch it grow or decrease over time.