{"id":38935,"date":"2013-05-22T13:52:16","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T18:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=38935"},"modified":"2013-05-22T13:52:16","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T18:52:16","slug":"sr-govt-class-attends-simulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2013\/05\/22\/sr-govt-class-attends-simulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sr. Govt. class attends simulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38936\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38936\" style=\"width: 545px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/health-fair-cookout.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38936 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/health-fair-cookout.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lincolnview elementary students enjoyed a cookout after the health fair (sponsored by Community Health Professionals) held on Friday, May 17.  During the health fair students were able to do fitness tests, learn safety and nutrition information, and even ride a go-cart. (Photo submitted.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Thursday, May 16, the Lincolnview Senior Government class attended the\u00a0&#8220;Real World\/ Real Money&#8221; simulation held at Van Wert High School. In the\u00a0simulation the government class discussed how education level affects their future\u00a0occupation and eventually helps determine their income. In the government class\u00a0each student is assigned an occupation with a corresponding income as well as a life\u00a0situation. Students must then make deductions from their gross monthly income in\u00a0the form of health insurance, retirement savings, local, state and federal taxes, as well\u00a0as Social Security\/ Medicare tax. This allows them to determine their net income.<\/p>\n<p>Once the students have all of their information the simulation begins. At Van\u00a0Wert High School a number of community volunteers from a variety of fields ranging\u00a0from auto and clothing sales to childcare, insurance and credit, guide the students\u00a0through stations where they must budget according to their net income. In the end, the\u00a0students must make sure their income exceeds expenditures. After the simulation\u00a0there is a follow-up talk with the community members who share their experiences in\u00a0their areas of expertise. This simulation is conducted by The Van Wert County extension office through the Ohio State University.<\/p>\n<p>After the government class returned from the \u201cReal World\/Real Money\u201d Simulation, it was time to participate in field day. The speech class organized a field day competition Thursday afternoon for the high school students. Students competed in a variety of events such as cornhole, kickball, dodgeball, Wiffleball, egg toss, cupcake decorating, side walk chalk design, and <em>Just Dance.<\/em> The junior class won the field day, and the seniors earned second place. The student body would like to thank the high school staff for facilitating the field day!<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, May 16, the Lincolnview Senior Government class attended the\u00a0&#8220;Real World\/ Real Money&#8221; simulation held at Van Wert High School. In the\u00a0simulation the government class discussed how education level affects their future\u00a0occupation and eventually helps determine their income. In the government class\u00a0each student is assigned an occupation with a corresponding income as well as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lincolnviewcolumn"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 12:10:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38935\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}