Prepare Your Students for Their Financial Future.

Give high school students the practical financial knowledge, real-world perspective, and confidence they need to make smarter decisions about money and their future.

BRING WS 101 TO YOUR SCHOOL

6 Expert-led Sessions | 7.5 Hours of Instruction | Virtual or Hybrid

The Real World Comes With Financial Decisions. Are Your Students Ready?

High school students are approaching some of the biggest financial decisions of their lives, often without the practical knowledge needed to navigate them confidently.

Money

How do I manage it?

Budgeting, saving, banking, credit and borrowing quickly become part of everyday life.

Investing

How do I grow it?

Understanding markets, risk and long-term investing gives students an earlier foundation for building wealth.

The Economy

How does it affect me?

Inflation, interest rates and economic conditions influence everything from everyday expenses to future opportunities.

Financial education shouldn't begin after students start making financial decisions.

INTRODUCING

WALL STREET 101

Wall Street 101 is an interactive financial education program that helps high school students understand money, markets, business, and the economy while connecting what they learn to decisions they'll make throughout their lives.

Through six expert-led sessions, students move beyond financial theory and explore how these concepts show up in the real world.

Training At A Glance

100% Virtual Program

6 Sessions (7.5 Hours)

Real-World Curriculum

What They’ll Learn

✅ Economic cycles, inflation & monetary policy

✅ Budgeting, banking & borrowing saving, borrowing & investing

✅ Saving & investing

✅ Business financing & decision making

✅ Much more…

What They’ll Gain

🎓 Financial Confidence

🎓 Real World Skills

🎓 Economic Understanding

🎓 Career Exposure

Course Curriculum

SESSION ONE: WHAT’S GOING ON WITH THE ECONOMY?

  • Explore economic cycles, inflation, and how fiscal and monetary policy affect everyday life.

SESSION TWO: MONEY MOVES

Budgeting, Banking & Borrowing

Build practical skills around budgeting, saving, banking, goal-setting and responsible borrowing.

SESSION THREE: BEHIND THE BRAND

How Businesses Really Work

  • Discover how companies raise capital, make financial decisions and use money to support growth.

SESSION FOUR: THE INVESTING GAME

Risk, Reward & Strategy

  • Learn investing fundamentals, stock market basics, portfolio management and the relationship between risk and reward.

SESSION FIVE: FIND YOUR FIT

Discover Your Strengths

  • Identify personal interests and strengths while exploring how financial knowledge can support future opportunities.

SESSION SIX: MY FUTURE COST OF LIVING

  • Bring everything together through a capstone project that helps students estimate future expenses and think about long-term financial planning.

Real World Exposure

Bring the World of Finance to Life

For organizations looking to take the experience further, Wall Street Bound can build customized in-person programming with opportunities for industry exposure and site visits based on location and availability.

Past student experiences have included visits to:

  • NASDAQ

  • Vanguard

  • Susquehanna International Group

  • Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Bring Wall Street 101 to Your Community

Community-Based Organizations

Add engaging financial education to youth development and enrichment programming.

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Schools & Districts

Bring practical financial education directly into your school community.

Youth Programs

Give high school students practical financial knowledge they can carry into adulthood.

About

Vision & Mission: Our non profit is on a mission to transform the face of finance. By 2030, we aim to train 10,000 diverse youth for high-paying finance jobs, equipping them with both the hard skills of finance and soft skills of corporate culture. Our goal is to empower under-represented youth to thrive in the financial industry.

Core Values: Our work is grounded in teamwork, ownership, commitment, respect, impact, and curiosity. These values drive us to create meaningful change.

Achievements: With partners like Goldman Sachs, US Bank, and Nasdaq, we've seen 82% of our graduates secure top-tier finance jobs. We're not just creating opportunities; we're setting new standards for success in finance.

FAQ

  • Students that complete the Wall Street Direct program will have the technical & soft skills needed to successfully navigate the financial services industry internship interview process.

    Additionally, Wall Street Bound has a network of corporate partners eager to interview Wall Street Bound students for front & middle office internship opportunities within their respective firms.

    We not only share these opportunities with WSB students, but we also use our network to support students applying to internships at firms with whom Wall Street Bound has a relationship.

    Combined, this gives the resumes of Wall Street Bound students maximum visibility, almost guaranteeing review.

  • 82% of Wall Street Bound students have landed internships or full-time jobs post completion of WSB training.

  • We accept 180 students into the program.

  • No. One of the primary goals of Wall Street Bound is to expose and prepare students with little to no experience for opportunities in the financial services industry.

  • No. The Wall Street Direct program is completely free to students.

    We are a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. We are largely funded by our partners who are seeking diversification in their workforce.

    The data is clear. A diversity of people, ideas, and backgrounds leads to improved decision-making, outcomes, and profitability.

    Yet the lack of diversity on Wall Street remains the status quo.

    We are here to change that, for the benefit of all.

  • All Wall Street Direct programming is virtual. Sessions take place Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6:45 - 9PM Eastern or Pacific standard time depending on the season of the program.

  • The Wall Street Direct program was designed to provide students with a broad introduction to financial services. Although our goal is for students that complete the Wall Street Direct program to attain front and middle office internships, we do not focus on any particular business areas or technical specialties.

  • All speakers, panelists, mentors, and presenters are experienced financial services professionals, mostly of color, who represent the various disciplines within the financial services industry, including Investment Banking, Sales and Trading, Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Private Equity, Digital Assets, Regulatory, and more.

  • Many financial services firms recruit from Wall Street Bound including household names such as Morgan Stanley. You can view our partner page for a full list of firms.

  • Yes. While the majority of our participants are current college and university undergraduates, High School Seniors are also eligible to apply to Wall Street Direct.

Bring Wall Street 101 to Your Students

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