All the pre-meeting boxes had been checked in the moments prior to the recent gathering of Herriman High School’s “Girls Investing Club.”
Engaging digital finance-presentation slides were all prepared and uploaded. Check.
The club’s three student organizers — each donning “Girls Investing Club” T-shirts — stood smiling and ready to welcome their fellow students and guest speaker for the club’s October meeting. Check.
And dozens of donated Crumble cookies were fanned out across a classroom folding table, just for added enticement. And, check.
But would students show up?
It was a fair question.
After all, the first-year club was meeting on a Friday afternoon after the end of a Herriman High school week.
Founder and co-president of the Girls Investing Club, junior Baylee Zuniga, teaches her fellow students about the stock market at a meeting of the Girls Investing Club at Herriman High School in Herriman on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Zuniga said that her parents have always taught her about financial literacy. She said that to get a car when she turned 16, her parents told her she had to read 50 books relating to financial literacy and education. | Brice Tucker, Deseret News
Utah State University empowering financial wellness program coordinator, Vincenza Vicari-Bentley, talks to a meeting of the Girls Investing Club at Herriman High School in Herriman on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Vicari-Bentley said that she was invited by the students in the club to help provide insight into how learning about the stock market can play into financial literacy. | Brice Tucker, Deseret News
Utah State University empowering financial wellness program coordinator, Vincenza Vicari-Bentley, talks to a meeting of the Girls Investing Club at Herriman High School in Herriman on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Vicari-Bentley said that she was invited by the students in the club to help provide insight into how the stock market can play into financial literacy. | Brice Tucker, Deseret News
Sophomore Adele Ferrin, 15, raises her hand to ask a question about the stock market during a meeting of the Girls Investing Club at Herriman High School in Herriman on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Ferrin said that she was driven to join the club by her interest in the economy, an interest that had been sparked by lessons on financial literacy from her parents. | Brice Tucker, Deseret News
A member of the Girls Investing Club buys simulated stocks on MarketWatch.com during a club meeting at Herriman High School in Herriman on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. | Brice Tucker, Deseret News
Founder and co-president of the Girls Investing Club, senior Elizabeth Anderson explains how to track stocks during a club meeting at Herriman High School in Herriman on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. | Brice Tucker, Deseret News
Founders and co-presidents of the Girls Investing Club, from right to leftt, Baylee Zuniga, Kaylee Arsenault and Elizabeth Anderson, teach their fellow students about the stock market during a club…
