Classroom Economy

Learn to Earn. Learn to Spend. Learn to Save. Learn to Invest.

Welcome to the WCS Business Lab Classroom Economy, where students don't just learn about business and personal finance — they experience it.

Using ClassBank, students participate in a real-world financial simulation. Each student holds a classroom job, earns a paycheck, manages a digital bank account, pays expenses, makes spending and saving decisions, and works toward building personal wealth.

Throughout the year, students will experience many of the same choices adults face every day — from budgeting and unexpected expenses to earning bonuses, saving for something they want, and deciding when it's worth spending their hard-earned money.

Students can also use their earnings in the Business Lab Store for rewards, privileges, school supplies, and other opportunities.

But there's a catch: your choices matter.

Attendance, job performance, professionalism, responsibility, and financial decisions can all affect your success in our economy.

The goal isn't to finish the year with the most classroom money.

The goal is to learn how to manage money — before it's real money.