Teens & Money Summer Camp
June 24-27, 2025. 11am-3:30pm
In person: Pleasant Hill, CA
Can’t make it? Take my online class. Click here
Do You Wish Your Teen Was Better With Money?
Have you been trying to teach them but you are not sure if anything is getting through?
Do You Struggle With Money Yourself And Don’t Know How To Teach Your Teen Anything Better?
Do you wish you had a personal finance class when you were in high school and would love for your teen to have the money education you never got?
Whichever category fits you best, this camp is your answer.
Hear from my students
about why taking personal finance is important to them:
“I have always been interested in finance & investing. I just didn’t know how to start.”
“Learn more about money that my parents aren’t capable of teaching.”
“I was experiencing some guidance from my father but his style of teaching gets really annoying sometimes. So having someone who’s an actual teacher is helpful.”
“Confused on what to do with money from work & felt like keeping it in a checking account was not the best.”
“Biggest anxiety about graduating & becoming an adult was money. Worried I would not know what to do.”
“I have the drive and guidance but had no clue what I had to or needed to do to reach my dreams but I knew I wanted to get ahead of the crowd so that I could make my dreams a reality sooner”
Logistics & Registration
June 24-27, 2025. 11am-3:30pm
In person: Pleasant Hill, CA
Can’t make it? Take my online class. Click here
Your teen MUST bring a laptop or Chromebook with them to the summer camp.
Content To Be Covered:
Value of Money
Most teens struggle with understanding money, how much things really cost and what that will look like in their lives. We will start with a series of fun activities that will have students planning their dream life.
- Calculating take home pay, budget for housing, finding housing at various income levels.
- Car shopping: dream car vs mid price vs cheapest
- Meal planning & food cost including cooking vs buying out.
- Dream budget
- Budget: Starting salary out of college. How to make it all work.
4 Life Changing Money Moves
Budgeting. Students will learn the importance of tracking their spending and aligning their spending choices to their dreams. Your teen will create their own budget and start tracking their spending.
Investing. the million dollar money machine. Your teen will learn the power of investing and the easy step-by-step process to getting started. I teach the surefire way to successful investing which is buying the top 500 companies, called the S&P500. Since most participants will be under 18, we will cover the type of account they can open to start investing. FYI, they will need your help to open an investment account since they are underage.
Savings with a High Yield Savings Account. Bank accounts, importance of using a high yield savings account, especially as another money machine, savings for emergencies and creating a savings plan to realize your dreams.
Credit as an Asset. The power and importance of a credit score. How to use a credit card to easily build a good credit score. Understanding debt and the impact of Buy Now, Pay Later.
Evaluating millionaire statistics & analyzing college options.
Structure Of Camp
I am a high school personal finance teacher and know better than anyone that nobody learns best through a 4 hour lecture, especially teenagers. Our days will be broken up between learning, doing, moving and interacting.
Your teen will be given a workbook with all the notes and a digital file with all the assignments. Your teen MUST bring a laptop or Chromebook with them to the summer camp.
Snacks and refreshments will be provided.
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My name is Crystal Rigley Janis and I am the personal finance teacher at Berkeley High School. My career started in wealth management at UBS Financial Services and I transitioned to being a high school teacher to financially empower all young people with the money tools and confidence to thrive as an adult. I live in Pleasant Hill and want to bring the power of my class to the teenagers in my community.