Utilizing faculty members, foreign language majors, and community members, the project offers translation services in French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Greek, Arabic, Vietnamese, Korean, and 13 African Languages. Visiting Gainesville College's partner school, White Sulfur Springs Elementary School, SIFE students are educating young children with business themed materials. SIFE members enjoy being the guest readers during story time and helping out in the math classes. The SIFE team is teaching a unit to elementary school children on saving and balancing their savings passbooks and checking account registers. In addition to money management, this unit will enhance their understanding of the practical application of math skills to their daily life.
Members present the program at local elementary schools.
It was a fun project last year and we hope to have as much success with it in the future. College Free Enterprise Day was bigger and better than ever. More than 150 high school students from three counties attended. Building on the relationship begun with the Summer Scholars Program, the SIFE team is working on developing a mentoring program for high school students. The SIFE team members would coordinate the program, and find college students willing to serve as mentors to high school students identified as candidates by their high school teachers.