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Westside Bid Accepted; Old Bus Barn Bid Rejected
A bid for the old Westside Elementary property has been
accepted, ensuring the land will not be owned by the school
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practice at the Event Center. Swalley seconded the motion.
Ward, Spears and Swalley voted yes. The motion carried and
allow for sanction for the current year. Spears made the mo-
tion to approve the sanctioning of the Sideline Spirit Club as
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In executive session, the board also voted to reject a bid
for the former bus barn near the community center on the
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school and summer school enrichment programs for students
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Several Newkirk students are learning financial literacy and independence through the Teen
Financial Fitness program, held each Thursday at the Newkirk Public Library. The program
runs through Oct. 18. (Photo by EVERETT BRAZIL III/The Newkirk Herald Journal)
Teens learn money management success
through financial literacy program
By Carol Wright
Courier Traveler Correspondent
If money grew on trees, most
people wouldn’t need to fuss
over financial matters. But the
truth is, money management is
necessary and really should be
taught early in life. This is what
a group of Newkirk High School
students have been learning,
based on a Teen Financial Fit-
ness program offered through
the Newkirk Public Library.
The free program of which 10
students are enrolled, is spon-
sored by the State of Oklahoma
Friends of the Library Associa-
tion. All materials, books and
notebooks have been provided
for the instructor and students
participating in the six-week
sessions which began Sept. 13
and will end Oct. 18.
Students meet from 6 to 7
p.m. each Thursday at the li-
brary while instructor, Angela
Kahle-Mendoza, who lives east
of Newkirk, leads the class in
various exercises. Through
her encouragement and lesson
plans, the students check out the
books and ask questions about
subjects they are reading, such
as, investments, interest, apply-
ing for a credit card, savings,
setting up a checking account,
retirement and other financial
lessons.
Some of the students have
discovered that money man-
agement is much harder and
trickier than what they origi-
nally thought.
“This class is allowing them
to get some ideas as to what
their adult life will be like,”
said Newkirk Public Library
Director Marcina Overman.
“Their rent, utilities, food and
other bills will have to be paid
before anything else, and they
need to have money saved back
for emergencies and to have a
good credit.”
Kahle-Mendoza is a teacher
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with Epic Charter School, a
free Pre-K-12th grade public
school provided in partner-
ship with the Oklahoma State
Board of Virtual Education for
parents and students seeking
a non-traditional educational
setting using Internet-based,
individualized self-paced in-
struction. Two predominant
Epic Charter Schools are located
in Oklahoma City and Tulsa,
and there are others in different
parts of the state. Students learn
via the Internet and can meet
one-on-one with the teacher
often in a library. Free 24-hour
homework help is available for
certain age groups.
“Angela does enrichment
with her students as well as
help them through the more
challenging problems that the
computer program informs her
about from their daily work,”
Overman explained. “Angela is
following a ‘Power Point’ and
Leader’s Guide that is sponsored
by the Friends of Libraries
in Oklahoma, the Oklahoma
Department of Libraries, the
American Library Association
and ‘Smart Investing at Your
Library.’”
Some of the students have
been encouraged to attend the
program through their Epic
School instructor. In other cas-
es, parents expressed a desire to
have their kids enroll in the pro-
gram. It is Overman’s opinion
that students who hear about
finances from someone else can
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sometimes connect more than
what parents tell their kids.
One teen was unaware of the
process involved in setting up a
checking account.
“We had a teen come in and
ask questions about why they
needed an account and how to
set up an account,” Overman
said. “We discussed if they got a
bank card we encouraged them
to keep track of what is deposit-
ed and what they take out.”
A huge dilemma for many
young people and adults, too,
boils down to needs and wants.
Overman said she thinks
this program will benefit the
students and hopes there might
be a financial program for adults
in the spring provided there is
enough funding from the Okla-
homa Friends of the Libraries.
”I am asking patrons if they
would be interested in partici-
pating in an adult program, so
I have hopes that there will be
one for them,” she said.
Those wanting more infor-
mation regarding the free fi-
nancial fitness programs for
teens may contact Overman
at (580) 362-3934, or go to fi-
nancial-fitness.oklibraries.org/
events-programs.
The family of
Don Newland wish to thank
everyone involved with our
father’s life and death. The
visits, prayers, kindness,
food, flowers and cards
were much appreciated
throughout his short time
here. Newkirk’s Methodist
Church, Fire Department,
Ark City’s Presbyterian
Manor and Kindred Hospice
went above and beyond for
him and us.
Karen Deakins and
Kathy Meier, Gary Newland
and Cass Nelson