Money Smart Kid Student Resources

For the last several years, a committee of Money Smart Week® partners have sponsored competitions for students to see if they are "Money Smart." What's the secret to the winners' success? Take a look at some winning essays and then set your mind to being the next winner! Watch this site as we add flyers for the District 2012 Money Smart Kid competitions!

Let the competition begin! Money Smart Week®  will take place throughout most of the District in April  2012. So, it's time to fire up those laptops or take out your library card and start to write your Money Smart Kid essay. You have a chance to win some scholarship money and get some money smarts. You can dowload flyers for your competition below. No flyer for your area yet? We'll be adding more over the next few weeks. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter (#MSKid) for the lastest news.

Please note: Employees, officers and representatives of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, as well as their employees and immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible.

Read the essay from the 2011 winner, Charles Tiseo.

Once there was an old and penniless man named Benjamin who ignored the lessons of his youth. His father was fond of saying, "mind your budget boy." But what was a budget and how do you mind it? 

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Read 2010 the essay from the 2010 winner in Chicago, Kamal Bilal.

As a young child my dream was always to own a business. I’ve always wanted to be the founder or CEO of a major, multinational company. As I grew older my decision slightly changed from being a founder of a major company, to being an owner of a conglomerate firm of investment bankers. This would be similar to the job of John Thain, the CEO of Merrill Lynch. This job will hold many benefits for me, but it will also take some time to accomplish this goal.