Jackson Elementary School Branch

5 Spot in our Lobby

BHS Branch

5 Spot Clubhouse

John Kennedy Elementary School Branch

What is the Youth Banking Program?

TVFCU’s goal is to enlighten students at an early age of the great importance, and the rewarding benefits of saving and managing one’s money.

Collectively, TVFCU and the Batavia City School District have joined together to accomplish just that.  Our BHS Branch is a student run project that began in 1998 through the School-to-Work program.  TVFCU is grateful for the helped we received with this project by Mrs. Sharon Messina, the former Batavia City Schools, School-To-Work Coordinator.  Batavia High School students from Mrs. Kathryn Lammela’s Entrepreneurship class that choose to work at the branch are interviewed by credit union employees and are graded in areas such as first impressions, preparation, attitude, personal appearance and responses. By working at the branch, the students gain experience with various financial activities, including cash handling and the importance of confidentiality.

The BHS Branch is open to both students and faculty on Mondays and Fridays from 7:45am to 8:15am in the school bookstore. The BHS branch offers the same services that TVFCU offers to its members, such as opening new accounts, the opportunity to make deposits, withdrawals, purchase stamps, the capability to make TVFCU MasterCard and loan payments, as well as check cashing privileges to all our members.

In February 2002, TVFCU and John Kennedy Elementary School joined together to create our Junior Banking Program for students. The Junior Banking Program is offered to the entire student body of JK. Initially, students are given the opportunity to open a primary savings account through a branch of TVFCU located right in the JK cafeteria. This branch is operated by an assigned set of student representatives and supervised by Mrs. Susan Woodruff. Each student representative performs a specific credit union role such as teller, auditor, treasurer or co-president. The Junior Banking Program is easy for all students from Kindergarten through Grade 5 to use. The Junior Banking Program has been a huge success. Junior Banking is on Friday mornings before school beginning at 8:00 am. Come visit our branch located in the cafeteria.  Look for our student teller window to better serve of JK members.

In February 2005, TVFCU began its BMS Branch at the Batavia Middle School. This branch is available for the BMS students and faculty. The branch is located in Room 316 and is open from 2:45pm to 3:15pm. The Middle branch is modeled after our existing BHS branch and offers the same services to our members. Since the branch began, the enthusiasm from the students has been superb. We anticipate this year’s success of the BMS Branch to continue.  For more information regarding our BMS Branch or details on how to become a student teller representative please visit Batavia City Schools or see Mrs. Stacy Marzello or Mrs. Theresa Lippold.

TVFCU is now in all five schools in the Batavia City School District.  In the fall of 2006, TVFCU introduced Junior Banking to the students at Robert Morris and Jackson Elementary Schools in Batavia.  Junior Banking begins at 8am on Wednesdays at Robert Morris Elementary School.  Mrs. Debbie Biegas and Mrs. Karen Shuskey supervise our Robert Morris students.  The student branch is located off of the Union Street entrance.  Junior Banking also begins at 8am at Jackson Elementary School.  The student branch is located in the main lobby of the school.  Mrs. Debbie Loftus supervises our Jackson students. Look for our student teller window named the “Jackson Junction”. We have special Junior Banking envelopes readily available at all of our elementary Junior Banking branches. All students at these schools are welcome to visit our youth branches!

TVFCU’s latest addition to our youth banking program is our Alexander Central School Branch.  Our ACS Branch began in the fall of 2007 and was offered to middle school students.  In the fall of 2008 we expanded our services to both middle and high school students of ACS.  Faculty may also take advantage of TVFCU services at the ACS branch.  The student operated branch is located across from the cafeteria in the school’s snack shop.  The ACS branch is open on Wednesdays during the student lunch periods.  Students that are interested in participating at the ACS Branch as a teller representative, please see Ms. Shawnie Euren for more details.  TVFCU is delighted with how receptive ACS has been with our new branch.

TVFCU’s youth banking programs provide an excellent opportunity to instill financial values in all age levels of students. Start them on their way! Please encourage your child to participate and open a savings account today. If any student, parent or guardian should have any questions or would like any further information about our youth banking programs, kindly contact our office at (585) 343-5627.

TVFCU Youth Banking Coordinator
Melissa E. Blum