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Middle School/Junior High

At this stage in your life, getting to high school is hard enough to imagine, much less college. Still, you and your parents can do many things right now to create a plan for your future, and we are here to help. You already know many of your likes and dislikes. You have favorite subjects in school, and you probably have an idea or two about careers that would interest you.

• Order a free copy of the Challenge Your Future Game (or other free materials) to play on your own or with your Mom or Dad to learn many of things you need to know about how to plan your life and learning after high school.
  
  
• Use EducationPlanner to learn what it takes to go to college.
  
  
• Use the Online Request for Materials to Guide Planning for Higher Education, which is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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Improve Financial Literacy

• Adventures in Cash City: Learning to Make Smart Financial Decisions - This CD-ROM is an interactive learning tool for students in grades 6-8. The purpose of this game is to teach students the basics about finances and to help them make educated financial decisions as they prepare to enter high school. The content is presented in a game show format hosted by the animated character, Dinero Dog.

  The game is designed around situations that imitate real life financial circumstances during a student's "high school" years: Handling Cash, Getting a Job, Choosing a Career, and Buying a Car.

  A User's Guide accompanies the CD-ROM and contains information on the game, the questions and answers and an appendix with financial literacy lesson plans for use in the classroom.

  To request this fun game and other materials visit our online request for materials page.

• Jump$tart - The Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy seeks to improve financial literacy of young adults and believes that all young adults need to have the financial literacy necessary to make informed financial decisions.