What is it?
“brass|MAGAZINE tries to be the voice and the resource that young people can turn to when they have questions about all of those first encounters in life,” Bryan Sims, the 254 year-old Founder and CEO of brass|MEDIA, has stated. “We’re able to hook students with interesting articles that range from establishing credit, buying a first car, learning how to invest or pay for college, and applying for a job,“ he added.
The partnership among supporting New York State credit unions, brass|MEDIA Inc., the New York Credit Union Foundation, the Credit Union Association of New York, the New York State Education Department, and the Business Teachers’ Association of New York State makes it possible for classroom sets of the brass|MAGAZINE Student Edition to arrive in public high schools about the middle of the month in February, August, and November. Since schools are not is session during the summer, the May issue is available online. Each public high school in the state receives classroom sets equal to 10% of their junior and senior student enrollment (e.g., if you have 500 juniors and seniors combined, you will receive 50 copies). If you are not receiving the copies directly in your name as the contact for your school, you should check with your building principal. If you would like the magazines sent to a specific contact in the school, other than the principal, go online to http://teachers.brassmagazine.com and click the JOIN link to enter new contact information. This person will then receive the magazines and facilitate sharing them as appropriate with other educators in the school.
Who Writes It?Produced by young adults for young adults, brass|MAGAZINE sees readers eye-to-eye and shows them how to make, manage, and multiply money. brass welcomes your students’ ideas and encourages them to write and submit articles. Please encourage them to go to http://www.brassmagazine.com — Writers Wanted. Classroom tip: assign them articles to write and submit. Also, brass plans to showcase how teachers are using brass in a new magazine feature—brass in Class. Please submit your classroom photos and stories to studentprogram@brassmagazine.com. brass looks forward to working in partnership with you and other teachers, your students, New York State credit unions, and your community.
