I’ll admit it….it’s been a few years since I was a student. Being in graduate school for the last year has brought a fresh wave of empathy for my students.

Can you guess where I am? Better yet, can you guess why? 

Graduation money is a golden opportunity! Here are three suggestions of advantageous ways to use your gift. 

As the school year closes, we say goodbye to this year’s senior class. 

May brings the anticipation of summer, but with the reality that the race is not yet over.  

Whether your retirement day dreams involve travel, recreational activities or just projects around your own home, the one thing our day dreams don’t generally include is how we’ll pay for it. 

Putting money aside for later use comes naturally to some…..for the rest of us out there we have to find ways to train ourselves to save. For me, keeping the money in my checking account is a sure way to fail. I have to move the money out into another account where I won’t be able to access it at the register without transferring it back. However when we sit down to do our budgets it is SO easy to talk ourselves out of making the transfer to savings. 

I’m so excited to begin working with Envision Credit Union as the 2016 Envisioneer. I've been banking with Envision Credit Union since I was a child and my parents took me to open my first savings account. Imagine my delight when I discover that Leon High School, where I now teach, is also where Envision Credit Union got it’s start! 

Congratulations to our 2016 Envisioneer, Amanda Geiger! We are excited to be working with her for the next year. Click "read more" to watch the 2016 Envisioneer Reveal when we surprised Amanda with the good news. 

Superintendent Jackie Pons has been on a quest to push the schools of Leon County to read a total of ONE MILLION BOOKS this school year.