"A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned." -- Learning About Personal Finance

"A penny saved is a penny earned." -- Benjamin Franklin (from the Independence Hall Association - ushistory.org)

Learn more about managing your money today and planning for your future by visiting the links blow. It's never too early to start!

JumpStart! Financial Smarts for Students
Learn how much it really costs to live - paying rent, making those car payments, budgeting for food and clothes, and supporting your hobbies and interests - on your own. Take a brief online test, and find out how much you'd need to make each week in order to support your lifestyle!

Feeling Good About You: Building Self-Esteem

Self-esteem affects our lives in every way, including the grades we earn in school, our relationships with family and friends, and our overall quality of life. To learn more, visit the links below:

Building Self-Esteem (from Discovery School)
This lesson plan for students in grades 6-8 includes a personal inventory, designed to help students better understand themselves, and discussion questions.

How Can I Improve My Self-Esteem?
This site features an informative article for adults, and another, "Body Image and Self-Esteem", for students.

National Association for Self-Esteem
Among the many resources available at this site are the article "The True Meaning Of Self-Esteem", by Robert Reasoner, FAQs, and "Rate Your Self-Esteem", a self-guided tour.

Self-Esteem (from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
This article includes a discussion about the effects of self-esteem on personal relationships, and about the relationship between self-esteem and bullying and violence. It also features links to other resources.

The Self-Esteem Institute
This site offers a discussion of the symptoms of low self-esteem, and the signs of confidence and healthy self-esteem.