  Workshop offers dose of reality  Fitch students bring
financial seminar to AMS  April 5, 2012 By J.T. Whitehouse ,
Town Crier  A classroom of Fitch economics students took a trek
to AMS on Friday to join an AMS eighth-grade class in presenting
the realities of working within a budget. The program in its
fifth year is a joint effort between Fitch economics teacher
Donna Burnell and AMS teacher Carol Poulton.  "We try to do
something with finances each year," Poulton said.  The program
is called "Real Money, Real World." At Fitch, it falls under
FITCHH, which stands for Financial Independence Teaching Choices
and Healthy Habits. Under the FITCHH program, seniors and
juniors develop booths that cover all aspects of finances and
the monthly budget for an American family. It covers everything
from buying a car and home, to providing food, clothing and
vacations.  Article Photos  Photos by J.T. Whitehouse, Town
Crier What do you want, or here is what you can afford. That was
the message at the food booth run by F