Rutherford High School Students Become Wall Street Wolves

RUTHERFORD, N.J.– Four Rutherford High School students will get to visit Wall Street in June after scoring 95 or better on the Standardized National Financial Literacy Test.

Sophomore Megan Donohue (96); freshman Madison Fahmy (96); sophomore Shyam Patel (98); and sophomore Dylan Burkhalter (98)
Photo Credit: *Judith Leonard*

Anthony Locicero

05/27/2016 5:00 a.m.

Megan Donahue (96); Shyam Patel (98); Dylan Burkhalter (98); and freshman Madison Fahmy (96) are in Judith Leonard's Fundamentals of Business class.

Three other classmates scored over 90.

Fundamentals of Business is a full-year elective that fulfills students' financial literacy requirement.

"I teach them about credit, debit, financial planning, savings, money management, financial goals, compound interests, and borrowing," said Leonard, a former businesswoman with an accounting background. “I love teaching this. It's so real. You’re talking about real world things.

“It’s a useful tool.”

Leonard, a 19-year veteran who also teaches accounting at RHS, gave her students pre- and post- tests on the subjects.

“I get a lot out exposing students to this," she said.

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