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- As part of the Partners in Education program offered by the Oxford Hills Education Exchange, Oxford Federal Credit Union is partnered with Oxford Hills Middle School in South Paris. For the second year in a row, eighth graders were taught how to open and use a checking account and participated in Financial Fun @ the Farm. OFCU sponsored a field trip to Harvest Hill Farms in Mechanic Falls, where students used their new skills in a fun way, wielding their way through a corn maze where they stopped at “checkbook stations” within the maze, manned by OHMS teachers and OFCU staff. There were four learning activities that students rotated through: Finance Authority of Maine presented their Get A Life game, where students learned about budgeting their money with the salary they earned; Healthy Oxford Hills taught students about healthy eating and healthy living; and representatives from Paris Farmers Union gave a presentation in the barn about the cost of owning a pet. Students were required to write checks at each of these programs.
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