Welcome to the 2009-2010 SMHS Savings Challenge

In the SMHS Savings Challenge, students compete to achieve their savings goals over the course of the school year. A+ financial coaches guide these students and help them learn life-long money management skills. This blog will feature posts by past and present contestants, A+ coaches, and others.

Meet the Applicants- Samuel

Monday, September 28, 2009

Samuel is a freshman at San Marcos High School. His goal is to save for a laptop to use for school now and in the future. Now that he is in high school, he has really started to think about college more and more everyday and knows how important it is to learn to save.

He wants to get in the groove of stopping some of the stuff he does such as going to the movies so often and spending money on careless items such as clothing and shoes. He estimates he spends over $300 a year on shoes. He wants to stop spending money on so many things that are not necessities.

He feels that saving for a laptop will not only help him for school, but in general learning to save will help him in the long run in managing money. And with the leftover money he saves, he will have a great start on his college funds for his great and bright future.

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