Posted February 25, 2015

Students of St. Andrew School in Newtown showed what they know about finance during a presentation for executives of First National Bank at the corporate headquarters also in Newtown on Tuesday, Feb. 24.

The 12 students in grades six through eight presented topics that included:

— an introduction to St. Andrew School and highlights from its Financial Literacy Program;
— the role of First National Bank at St. Andrew School;
— making connections with finance, economics and the value of saving;
— St. Andrew’s Stock Market Club, in which students learn the art of investing and shorting a stock.

Recently students from the school’s finance program also gave a presentation to top administrators at Bloomberg Business, the financial news and information firm, in Princeton, N.J.