MERNA – The auditorium at Anselmo-Merna public schools was bustling with the talks of money on Monday afternoon. The first year of the Coyotes Savings Bank, an official branch of Nebraska State Bank and Trust Company (NESB) will start November 15 for kids from kindergarten to 6th grade.
Students filed into the auditorium to meet the 6th-grade tellers who will be helping them with their savings accounts throughout the year.
After the introduction of the student tellers, one student from each grade got picked to go into the cash cube. All of the money they receive, they get to keep.
Coyote Savings Bank will be the second in-school bank opened by NSB. The branch is open every other Wednesday morning. Students will be able to make deposits into their own savings accounts.
On their very first deposit, no matter when that first deposit occurs, NSB will also deposit $5.00 in that student’s account.
With the student’s first deposit, they will receive candy and on their fifth deposit, they will get a special prize.
