Students don’t just learn money — they practice it.
8 modules. 3 live tracks. One Personal Financial Blueprint.
The Money Playbook is a semester-based behavioral finance program that fully satisfies NY’s financial literacy mandate — and delivers measurable student outcomes.
The Money Playbook
Every student leaves with a Personal Financial Blueprint.
Not a worksheet. A plan.
Most students graduate knowing how to solve for x. They don’t know what compound interest is — or what it will cost them by 30.
The Money Playbook changes that.
Can your everyday decisions make you a millionaire by 40?
Real Choices. Real Consequences.
What Students Gain
Confidence tracked every module, from day one to their financial blueprint
Knowledge tested for all 8 modules - gaps identified, progress measured
Real-world actions tracked - from opening a bank account to building an investment portfolio
Three parallel tracks running all semester: curriculum, financial decision simulation, live stock market portfolio
18-week semester aligned to the NYC DOE calendar
8 modules from behavioral biases to financial blueprint
Weekly live anchor sessions with Cheryl Payne
Custom financial decision simulation
3-month stock market simulation
Capstone presentation and completion certificate
Pre/post outcome data formatted for boards and school partners
Program Structure
Schedule - fits existing advisory and seminar periods
Your Role - one program champion on-site
Mandate - fully satisfies the NY State financial literacy requirement
Cheryl’s Role - weekly in-person sessions, online content
Board Outcomes - pre/post data formatted for board reporting
Proven - graduation requirement at Wildcat Academy Charter High School
Alignment With Schools
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Students were deeply engaged, and some chose to open Roth IRA accounts during the program. It gave them a practical understanding of financial decisions most schools never teach.”
— CEO, John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter High School
About The Founder
CP Success was founded by Cheryl Payne, a former engineering executive at Con Edison with a 27-year leadership career and an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School.
Cheryl built The Money Playbook as the program she wished she’d had at 18 — one that treats financial decision-making as a skill, not a subject. Drawing on her executive background and her experience teaching high school students in New York City, she designed a program where students don’t just learn about money. They practice it.
That’s the difference between financial literacy and financial confidence.
Let’s Work Together
We partner with a select group of high schools committed to student financial outcomes.
CP Success Inc. is a New York State–certified Minority-and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE).