Providence Day School

For more information about The Charlotte Ledger, please visit thecharlotteledger.com. Today, we're bringing you a special episode recorded live on October 7th, 2026, at the Mint Museum in Uptown Charlotte, as part of our Facing Your Financial Fear series, presented in partnership with Dyer & Co. October is spooky season, and for a lot of young adults, there's nothing scarier than trying to figure out your finances.

So for our first panel in this four-part series, we focused on Gen Z and brought together three financial experts, Brian Lee of Providence Day School, Caroline Hawkins of Dyer & Co., and Gilbert Rogers of Huntington Bank.

We tackled some of the financial questions young adults might be too embarrassed to ask, broke down complicated financial jargon, and shared practical tips for building good money habits early in life.

And before we jump in, a special thank you to our event partner, Dyer & Co., and other sponsors, Huntington Bank, the Mint Museum, and Caregiving Corner, for making this event possible.

I'm gonna ask everyone if you would please introduce yourselves and just tell us a little bit about where you work and what you do.

Hi, my name is Brian Lee.

I'm a teacher at Providence Day School.

This is my twenty-third year teaching at PD.

Shout out to UNC wide receiver Jordan Shipp.

A junior from Providence Day School in Charlotte, Shipp may be the best player at any in-state college program this year who is also a product of the North Carolina high school ranks.

An honorable mention All AC selection last year as a sophomore with the Tar Heels, Shipp now already has his diploma from UNC, he's one of the Heels team captains, and he ranks among the conference's top 10 players in receiving yards while playing on a squad with a somewhat limited passing attack.

Despite being matched against NFL cornerback prospects such as TCU's Vernon Glover Jr., Clemson's Ashton Hampton, and most recently Notre Dame's Leonard Moore, Shipp averaged six receptions for 83 receiving yards per game against those Power Four opponents while often personally matched against those top-notch future pros.

I, I wish, uh, we got that more often.

Of course, Providence Day's a, a big-time program in Charlotte, but, like, he's always been pretty strong at coming downhill and making plays against the run, and, and we continue to see that regularly, so, uh, excited for that.

I, I think Caleb, he's, again, one of the lower-ranked guys in this class, and there's certainly been some flashes, uh, you know, over the last couple of weeks and months.

And he's playing some incredible competition too.

What else on offense stood out to you in terms of visitors?

Braylon Clark, the five-star from Providence Day over in North Carolina, in Charlotte, made the trip in.

He's been to Tennessee as much as anywhere.

Austin and I have talked a good bit about him on Trail Tidbits here lately, but he left and when you have a 20 to 17 rock fight, you know, like what Saturday was in your quarterback throws for, you know, less than 150 yards, you wonder how a top rated receiver in a class is going to feel coming out of it.