Fegely students get reality check

PORTAGE | Angel Chabes was a little concerned when she walked into the gym at Fegely Middle School on Thursday morning.

Fegely students get reality check

Fegely Middle School student Cheyanne Kinser, 14, adds up expenses after selecting televsion and internet service with Jan Zurek.

Fegely students get reality check

Jeffrey Webber, 14, gets help with his taxes from local Portage accountant Sandy Becker during the Reality Store on Thursday at Fegely Middle School.

Fegely students get reality check

Fegely Middle School students participate Thursday in a Reality Store. The eighth-graders selected an occupation and were given a salary for the job. They then selected housing, transportation and other expenses, budgeting their finances as they went through the exercise.

Fegely students get reality check

Students at Fegely Middle School work on expenses as they participate in the Reality Store on Thursday at the school.

Students dress for success and spend a day in the “real world"

CROWN POINT | Students from Col. John Wheeler and Robert A. Taft Middle Schools found themselves financially stable or broke and unable to cover monthly expenses.

Crossroads brings reality store to to Taft and Wheeler students

CROWN POINT | On Friday, November 9, the Taft 8th grade class participated in Crown Point Community School Corporation’s very first Reality Store event at Colonel John Wheeler Middle School. The Reality Store was brought to us by the “Crossroads Regional Chamber of Commerce” which hosts the …

Willowcreek students get a taste of finances during Reality Store

PORTAGE | Willowcreek Middle School's eighth graders got a reality check Thursday. Participating in the annual Reality Store event, the some 425 youngsters got a taste of real life finances. The event is sponsored by Purdue North Central and the Greater Portage Chamber of Commerce.

Volunteers needed for 8th Grade Reality Store

CHESTERTON | The Reality Store is set for March 15 from 7:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. at Chesterton High School, located at 2125 S 11th Street. For more than 20 years, this event has been preparing students from Chesterton Middle School and St. Patrick's School how to be successful in life after gr…

Volunteers needed for 8th grade Reality Store

CHESTERTON | The Reality Store is set for March 15 from 7:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. at Chesterton High School, located at 2125 S 11th St. For more than 20 years, this event has been preparing students from Chesterton Middle School and St. Patrick's School how to be successful in life after gradua…

Willowcreek's students learn a bit of life's realities

PORTAGE | Cristian Valdovinos isn't going to have children until he's 30.

Willowcreek's students learn a bit of life's realities

Ariane Wilson (right), an eighth-grader at Willowcreek Middle School in Portage, looks over her finances Wednesday after she figured how much it would cost if she bought cable Internet and cell phone service. Wilson was one of the students who took a tour of the Reality Store that aims at gi…

Willowcreek's students learn a bit of life's realities

Elizabeth Moreno, an eighth-grader at Willowcreek Middle School in Portage, talks to Gregg Subkowski of Hodges & Davis Law Firm about the process of filing bankruptcy Wednesday during the Reality Store activity at the school. Moreno was one of the students who took a tour of the Reality Stor…