Day 1 H&R Block Budget Challenge
- enter your class code that was given to you by your teacher
- Period 1 = ELWNJTP
- Period 2 = BUJDKPY
- Period 3 = YQIBRGZ
- enter first and last name
- use first initial / last initial / id# for username
- use first initial / last initial / locker combo for password
- use your student.leyden212.org email address
- click Submit
- Go to student email and validate your email by clicking on Authorize and Login
- Choose Click Here to Go to the Next Step
- Under Getting Started, click How to Play and watch YouTube Videos and review the Average Household Spending data
- For which of the spending categories does the average American spend the most?
- Download the Google Sheets version of the Budget and Cashflow Spreadsheet
- you’ll have to Save it as a Google Spreadsheet
- create a subfolder in your class folder for the Budget Challenge
- put the start date in the first orange cell
- hover over Student Home, click on Vendor Selection
- click on red Job tab
- choose your 401(k) plan carefully (you cannot change it later)
- choose your 401(k) % (you can change this later)
- What is a 401(k)?
- be sure to logout at the end of each day
Day 2 H&R Block Budget Challenge
- Complete the Day 1 activities before proceeding below
- use first initial / last initial / id# for username
- use first initial / last initial / locker combo for password
- click Log In
- hover over Student Home, click on Vendor Selection
- click on the next two red tabs and make your selections
- Bank
- What is ODP?
- Rent
- choose your bank account and apartment (you can change it later)
- be sure to logout at the end of each day
Day 3 H&R Block Budget Challenge
- hover over Student Home, click on Vendor Selection
- click on the next two red tabs and make your selections
- Auto Ins
- Auto Loan
- choose your auto insurance and auto loan (you can change it later)
- be sure to logout at the end of each day
