Geico workers go to the head of the class.NEARLY 40 GEICO GEICO Government Employees Insurance Company associates took on temporary, teaching posts this winter at Burdell-Hunt Magnet School magnet school n. A public school offering a specialized curriculum, often with high academic standards, to a student body representing a cross section of the community. , where they explained the importance of business, economics and free enterprise to almost 450 students in kindergarten kindergarten [Ger.,=garden of children], system of preschool education. Friedrich Froebel designed (1837) the kindergarten to provide an educational situation less formal than that of the elementary school but one in which children's creative play instincts would be through fifth grade. This was the insurer's second year working with the JuniorAchievement of Georgia Georgia, country, Asia Georgia (jôr`jə), Georgian Sakartvelo, Rus. Gruziya, officially Republic of Georgia, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,677,000), c.26,900 sq mi (69,700 sq km), in W Transcaucasia. Whole School Program, which brings business professionals into the classroom for real-world lessons. Younger students learned about workers and consumers, while older kids learned how to start a business. |
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