<p>Check out the National Academy of Finance.
The URL is <a href=“http://www.naf.org%5B/url%5D”>www.naf.org</a>
I participated in this program in my school and it was pretty worthwhile. You had to apply in your freshman year or in your sophomore year. I think a B average was needed and to fill out an application. Basically, you took business classes instead of electives. So my electives looked like this:
9th Grade: Computer Applications,
10th Grade: Intro to Business
11th Grade: College Accounting, Economics
12th Grade: Financial Planning, Entrepreneurship
(the Entrepreneurship was accredited by a local college so we got college credits)</p>
<p>Besides taking these classes we were required to do a summer internship between the 11th and 12th grades. This internship was paid and with a local business (however some kids worked on the commodities floor in the NYSE). I did mine with a local Real Estate Agency and learned a lot. Besides the internship we were able to go on field trips to Merrill Lynch twice (once we went to their annual shareholders meeting), Morgan Stanley in New York, Citi Group in New York (where the CEO/founder of the N.A.F. Sandy Weil spoke to us), and some local financial firms. </p>
<p>We raised some 5,000 USD for scholarships through our Fashion Show and Golf Outing fundraisers. I felt that this was a really enriching experience (especially the summer internship). If anyone has any other questions I’d be happy to answer them. Just PM me :)</p>