Prairie High School

In 2021, Aegon Asset Management approached Prairie High School with a pilot program for a national curriculum, Invest In Girls (IIG). With the goal of ushering in the first generation of financially literate girls and increasing the number of women working in finance, Prairie said ‘yes’.

“Any time a community partner sponsors such opportunities, we want to make sure our students are active participants,” said Mary Gudenkauf, Prairie High School Career Services Advisor. Teachers nominated students based on an interest in finance. Emily Phelps, Aegon USA Tactical Portfolio Manager in Client Investment Solutions, presented 12 sessions with topics focused on financial foundations so students feelconfident about money matters.

On May 26th, Prairie students toured Aegon’s corporate office.
Front Row pictured left to right:
Addy Franc, Allie Dyrland, Willa Brown and Emily Phelps, Aegon Mentor.

Invest In Girls is a program of the Council for Economic Education. The Council for Economic Education’s mission is to teach K-12 students about economics and personal finance so that they can make better decisions for themselves, their families, and their
communities. They carry out their mission by providing resources and training to K-12 educators and have done so for 70 years.

Have a great weekend. Here is the Friday Flyer.

Friday Flyer - May 22.pdf

Have a great weekend. Here are the Friday Flyers - May 8.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PCmpABbjzJzklJN7JSvPwd5C7aZECEvL/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nXc_JLxXa9jxlE_CGsdi6tcvnM7grJ4y/view?usp=sharing

PHS Student Services 5826.pdf

Prairie High School Students Explore Skilled Trades

On April 29th Future Builders of Iowa invited 1,700 high school students from area schools to Build My Future. Hosted by the local home builders associations at Hawkeye Downs, this event provided high school students an opportunity to learn about the construction industry through an interactive showcase. Industry partners featured hands-on activities for career exploration, including educational displays, equipment operations, and learning labs.

Students were engaged in learning labs for carpentry, electrical, masonry, welding and many more skilled-trades careers. Through these experiences they not only learned about the craft behind a wide range of trades they also engaged in conversations with experts about what kind of training is needed, wages, working conditions/typical day, and opportunities within the industry.

Prairie High School Students Explore Skilled Trades – College Community School District On April 29th Future Builders of Iowa invited 1,700 high school students from area schools to Build My Future. Hosted by the local home builders associations at Hawkeye Downs, this event provided high school students an opportunity to learn about the construction industry through an interactive show...