Decades ago, elementary students climbed a small set of stairs to reach the teller counter and make deposits into their school savings accounts. Today, the tools have changed, but the goal remains the same: helping young people learn how to manage money.

Citizens Federal Savings and Loan is taking that mission into Logan County classrooms, teaching students the financial skills they will need long after they leave school. Through its student banking program, the bank offers lessons on saving, budgeting, taxes, planning for college and protecting money in an increasingly digital world. The goal is not simply to introduce students to banking, but to help them develop the knowledge and confidence to make sound financial decisions.

“We take it pretty seriously that we’ve been invited in by the school,” said Kyle Bruner, Marketing Director at Citizens Federal, leads the program’s educational outreach. “The school, parents are trusting us to teach their kids some financial literacy.”

That trust shapes the program. Students can participate in the lessons whether or not their families bank with the institution….READ MORE….