Connetquot High School National Business Honor Society members, along with business teacher and work-based learning coordinator Andrea Pizzimenti, recently visited fifth grade students at Helen B. Duffield Elementary School to share tips and information about personal financial literacy. 

Prior to the visit, the high school students participated in the Junior Achievements High School Heroes program, a service-learning project sponsored by Junior Achievement USA that provides high school students with the opportunity to become role models for elementary students. These “heroes” then teach and empower elementary students by using interactive, hands-on lessons centered around work readiness, financial literacy and entrepreneurship. The High School Heroes’ plan is to visit each of the elementary schools during the school year.  

Connetquot’s High School Heroes are selected based on their leadership and training through the National Business Honor Society. Mrs. Pizzimenti expressed her pride in the outstanding effort of the students who mentored the Duffield fifth graders.