(Photo by Jill Bock, Staff) BENTON - Who says learning about
compound interest and the importance of paying bills on time can
be fun? The students at Kelly Elementary School do. Fourth and
fifth graders have discovered MoneyIsland. Provided to the Kelly
School District as well as nine other Southeast Missouri Schools
by Focus Bank, MoneyIsland takes participants into a virtual
world to learn real-life principles about being responsible with
their money. Vicki LeGrand, computer teacher for the
kindergarten through seventh grade, introduced the Focus Bank
program this year to the youngsters at Kelly Elementary School.
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