A Pillar of the MEG Curriculum
Money-smart habits, taught early and reinforced often — because real confidence includes knowing how to manage what you earn.
Why It Matters
Etiquette teaches a child how to carry themselves in a room. Financial literacy teaches them how to carry themselves through life. We treat money management as a core life skill — not an afterthought — and build it into the same curriculum where students are already learning confidence, courtesy, and self-respect.
Our lessons are age-banded and grounded in nationally recognized frameworks, including the FDIC's Money Smart for Young People curriculum, so every concept your child learns is developmentally appropriate and builds toward real-world readiness.
Core Values We Teach
Money Smart, By Age
Each age band builds on the last, moving from basic money concepts toward real-world financial independence.
The very first money concepts, taught through hands-on, playful activities.
Students start managing their own small decisions with real structure.
Bigger concepts enter the picture as students think about their own future earning power.
Practical preparation for the financial decisions young adults face immediately after our program.
Curriculum informed by the FDIC's Money Smart for Young People framework (PreK–12 and Young Adult modules). Learn more at fdic.gov.
Life Skills
A child who understands the value of a dollar, the danger of debt, and the power of a savings goal walks into adulthood with one more form of security — the kind that lasts long after the cotillion ends. These lessons carry through to our Annual Cotillion & Rites of Passage, where taxes, tipping, and credit literacy are taught as real-world readiness, not theory.
