Accounting Career Awareness in the Classroom

Wisconsin high school accounting and business teachers were once again eligible this school year to apply for an Accounting Career Awareness grant from the WICPA Educational Foundation. The foundation awarded grants to 11 high school accounting and business teachers for classroom projects in 2023. The WICPA Educational Foundation congratulates these educators and thanks them for cultivating the accounting profession in their classrooms. The following are the grant recipients and their projects:

Sheryl Avery, Milton High School, for field trips to the Frito Lay manufacturing plant in Beloit and Baker Tilly’s Janesville offices before heading back to school to learn about the high school’s accounting programs.

“Thanks again to the WICPA for providing the funds for this trip. We would not be able to fund a trip like this without it!”

Stacey Gardiner, Iowa-Grant High School, for field trips to Accounting and Tax Solutions in Lancaster; and Kwik Trip Corporate headquarters, Meringue Bakery and Cafe and EHW Small Business Accounting in La Crosse; followed by a meeting with the head of the Accountancy Department at UW-La Crosse to learn about the school’s accounting degree program.

“Field trips create excitement and help to promote accounting as a career. My students will have the opportunity to see accounting in action for various types of businesses. These opportunities will demonstrate how the knowledge they have learned in class can be applied in the real world."