Reality Store is a simulation or game that helps students experience a tiny bit of real life as it applies to budgeting and making financial decisions for everyday life. In this game, students are approximately ten years out of high school or around 28 years old. They live in or around Scott County and work in the Louisville Metro area. Prior to Reality Store, the students worked with their Guidance Counselor to identify a career in which they are interested. Based upon their current GPA, their school attendance record, and their area of interest, they are assigned a “job” for the game. The Reality Store is part of the Money Matters program.
Booths:
- Career & Salary
- Child Care
- Beauty & Barber
- Financial Counseling
- Furniture
- Medical & Dental
- Entertainment & Travel
- Groceries
- Clothing
- Utilities
- Life’s Unexpected
- Charitable Donations
- Banking
- Transportation
- Legal
- Housing
- Insurance
- Pets
SCSD 1 & SCSD2
The Reality Store is a one-day event that is implemented in both districts in the spring. Volunteers from the community work booths to help students understand the impact of their decisions.
In SCSD1, 8th and 10th grade students participate in the simulation.
In SCSD2, 7th grade students participate.
Click here to watch a Money Matters video of the program.