In photos and video: Educators Credit Union opens location inside Horlick High School
A new branch of the Educators Credit Union opened Friday inside Horlick. Teenagers can open a bank account there, transfer money, all that stuff.
Watch Now: Horlick teacher Keith Cruise speaks about new Educators Credit Union branch in school
New Educators Credit Union in Horlick High School
Horlick High School students peer into the new Educators Credit Union location adjacent to the school cafeteria. Looking out is Keith Cruise, who teachers financial literacy and accounting.
Watch Now: Horlick High School teacher Keith Cruise talks about important of instilling financial literacy
Watch Now: Brian Gonzalez of ECU talks about new branch, and the never-ending Horlick-Case rivalry
New Educators Credit Union in Horlick High School
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Tony Berryhill and Miles Gallagher, Horlick High seniors
Rebel Strong apparel
Rebel Strong apparel, designed by seniors Tony Berryhill and Miles Gallagher, is on sale in the Rebel Market school store inside Horlick High School.
Rebel Strong apparel
New Educators Credit Union in Horlick High School
Horlick High School teacher Megan King, left, presents a check to Belinda Morales for her design of the new Horlick-branded Educators Credit Union debit card.
New Educators Credit Union in Horlick High School
From left, Tony Berryhill, Miles Gallagher, Belinda Morales and Megan King cut the ribbon of the new Educators Credit Union branch in Horlick High School.
New Educators Credit Union in Horlick High School
From left to right: Tony Berryhill, Miles Gallagher, Belinda Morales and Megan King cut the ribbon of the new Educators Credit Union in Horlick High School.
Culinary Academy students at Horlick High School
Horlick High School teacher Megan King
Megan King, a Horlick High School business pathway teacher, previously worked as a family counselor and in human resources. She went into teaching after seeing a job opening and loves working with high-schoolers, who are fun but stressful.
New Educators Credit Union in Horlick High School
Horlick High School Athletics Director Joe Wendt, left, speaks with other Racine Unified employees.
Keith Cruise file
Keith Cruise, a Horlick High School business pathway teacher, began teaching full-time in February 2021. He had several previous jobs, including as a financial advisor, bank vice president and firefighter. Cruise made a career change because he wanted to help students and said teaching provides him with "a sense of purpose.”
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Victor Frasher of Educators Credit Union
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Brian Gonzalez of Educators Credit Union speaks
New Educators Credit Union in Horlick High School
Horlick High School teacher Megan King chats with Academy Principal Kelly Goggins.
RACINE — Noe Hernandez, a Horlick High School junior wearing a furry hat, couldn’t have been more excited Friday.
School classes aren't always hypothetical math problems and reading historical texts. Sometimes, it's getting hands-on experience designing apparel and, for one Horlick freshman, designing a debit card you can have.
How Educators Credit Union went from a teacher's kitchen table on Orchard Street to having more than 20 branches and $3 billion in assets.
One young man allegedly used Snapchat, Facebook and a small circle of accomplices to illicitly acquire other people's checks and collect thousands from a credit union. A $50,000 arrest warrant was issued May 20, and he was arrested less than a month later.
Another of the nine suspects accused of being involved in a reported fraud ring, which allegedly defrauded Mount Pleasant-based Educators Credit Union out of more, than $30,000 has been arrested and charged.
Awarded since 2012, Linda Hoover, CEO and president of Educators Credit Union, became the first-ever woman to be named outstanding chief executive by the Credit Union Executives Society.
Educators Credit Union members earned a record $5.1 million with the 2022 Member Loyalty payout.
