High school students on Oʻahu will be running a federal credit union on campus.
Farrington High School’s Business Academy partnered with Aloha Pacific Federal Credit Union to open a branch at its Kalihi campus.
The location allows students to gain financial literacy skills and develop vocational skills.
Rafael Habon is a student staff member at the Farrington High School Govs’ Credit Union. He says the program helped him gain more social skills.
"High school students, we aren't really taught how banking works and how to write a check or how to start an account. So I want to take advantage of it and learn that, and also help share it with my other classmates to learn it as well," Habon said.
"Helping the other students who aren’t very aware of how to open up an account and they want to, they just afraid to ask — I think it's easier for a student to be talking to a student instead of like a teacher," Habon told HPR.
The branch is only available to Farrington students, faculty and staff. It is open Monday through Friday.
