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When: Fridays, 9–10 a.m.: April 17 (April 17, April 24, May 1, May 8, May 15, and May 22)
Who: Grade 9 and up
Cost: $295
Where: Online via Microsoft Teams

Money and Finance Made Easy: Money can be a mystery. What is it? How does it work? How do I earn it? How do I save it? How do I invest it? Whether we like it or not, money affects us all and is essential to our lives in the twenty-first century. In this course, Travis Callaway will make money and the financial decisions we all encounter simple to understand, using practical examples and real-life scenarios to help students prepare for their financial futures. The course includes six lessons, each focusing on a separate piece of the overall financial puzzle:

1. What Is Money, and How Does It Work?
2. Banking Basics
3. Budgeting and Spending Wisely
4. Credit, Debt, and Credit Cards
5. Saving and Investing for the Future
6. Real-World Financial Decisions

Travis earned an MBA in finance from Durham University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He has worked as a private equity analyst, a senior portfolio management analyst, a director of private equity, a managing director of venture capital, the vice president of finance for a technology start-up, and a part-time chief financial officer for several companies. He is an active investor in start-up companies, the co-founder of a finance advisory business, and teaches business and finance at the University of Calgary and Mount Royal University.

A minimum of five registrants is required for this workshop to run, so please spread the word.

When: Wednesdays from 11:00 - 12:00pm April 8 - May 13
Where: Online

Does your child love to play chess? This six-week program is a unique opportunity to play the game while improving skills in Problem Solving, Deductive Reasoning and Creative Thinking by solving chess puzzles and executing a systematic process to beat your opponent.

While this program is called "beginner" it will challenge your chess player and keep them engaged, even if they have been playing for years.

Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Chess
When: Tuesdays from 11:00–12:00 pm, April 7–May 12
New time: Wednesdays from 12:00–1:00 pm, April 8–May 13
Where: Online

Intermediate chess course is for students who want to learn complex concepts that revolve around seeing at least 2 moves ahead or more. This challenging 6 week course helps students reach their full potential as they master all fundamentals and start visualizing multiple variations. Classes can only be taken by students who took the beginner chess class offered by WISDOM or for students who contacted Mr Bloom directly to verify skill level.

Prerequisite: Chess: Intermediate Continuation Class 
When: Mondays from 10:00 - 11:00am April 13 - May 18
Where: Online

This Workshop is for students who have completed the beginner and intermediate chess workshops and are ready for some fine tuning to their skills. 

Students have learned core chess concepts, while solving puzzles to improve problem solving skills . In Advanced Chess, it's time to put those skills into action. This class focuses on real-time game playing with personalized coaching, and adds in new concepts that take the game to the next level.

When: Wednesdays, 9–10 a.m.: 15 April (15 April, 22 April, 29 April, 6 May, 13 May and 20 May)
Who: Grade 9 and up
Cost: $295
Where: Online via Microsoft Teams

Investing can be overwhelming, but it is also essential to our financial futures. Investing is unavoidable: it affects us and our families both directly and indirectly, and the investment industry itself is enormous. Globally, investment markets are worth hundreds of trillions of dollars. Whether we like it or not, investing is a fundamental part of life in the twenty-first century. In this course, Travis Callaway will make investing easy to understand, using practical examples and real-life scenarios to help students learn how to invest their own money responsibly. The course includes six lessons, each focusing on a different part of the overall investment puzzle.

A minimum of five registrants is required for this workshop to run.

When: Wednesdays, 10–11 a.m.: 15 April (15 April, 22 April, 29 April, 6 May, 13 May and 20 May)
Who: Grade 9 and up
Cost: $295
Where: Online via Microsoft Teams

Most of the world’s wealthiest people are not members of royal families, Hollywood celebrities or heirs to vast fortunes. They are almost exclusively entrepreneurs—people who started their own businesses. And anyone can start a business.

But how? Even the idea can feel overwhelming. In this course, Travis Callaway makes starting a business simple to understand, using practical examples and real-life scenarios drawn from teaching entrepreneurship and business planning at universities. Students will learn how to plan and prepare to launch their own businesses.

The course includes six lessons that guide students through the full business-planning and business-launching journey.

The Classical Learning Test (CLT) is a post-secondary entrance exam, created as an alternative to the SAT and recognized at many post-secondary institutions across the United States, and a growing number in Canada.

• For students in grades 11-12
• College entrance exam
• Online format
• Length: 2hrs (plus up to 30 mins proctor instructions)
• Free and unlimited score sharing
• CLT partner colleges offer over $100 million in scholarships

When: Fridays, 10–11 a.m.: April 17 (April 17, April 24, May 1, May 8, May 15, and May 22)
Where: Online via Microsoft Teams
Who: Grades 9 and up

Planning for a career can be challenging at the best of times. The rapid advancement of AI, which is upending industries and labour markets, can feel overwhelming. Whether we like it or not, we need to plan to work in a world that is being permanently changed by AI. In this course, Travis Callaway, an AI investor, university instructor, and businessman, will help students prepare for higher education and career decisions in the age of AI, using practical examples and real-life scenarios so that students can prudently plan for their workplace futures.

Testing dates for CLT3-8 can be any day from April 20 through June 26.

The Classical Learning Test 3-8 (CLT 3-8) is for students in grades 3 to 8. These tests focus on numeracy and literacy, and can be a useful diagnostic and summative assessment tool. Tests taken year to year can be useful for tracking student growth. CLT 3-8 can be conveniently accessed from home.

• Preparation is not recommended as these exams are intended to be a benchmark that provides feedback to parents about their students’ strengths and areas for improvement.
• Results for CLT 3-8 are shared with families at the end of the testing window, but they can be requested early if desired (as early as two days after a test is completed).
• Diagnostic and summative exams to track growth and provide academic assessment
• Norm-Referenced 
• Online format - Parent Proctored
• Length: Approximately 2-3 hours