VT High Schools Compete for Treasury Cup Trophy - $3,000 First Prize
When: 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Friday, March 11, Pavilion Building auditorium, Montpelier. The Championship round is scheduled for 3 p.m. For more information on the competition go to: www.MoneyEd.Vermont.gov and click on the link in the right-hand side menu to the Treasury Cup. Contact Lisa Helme for more information. This is a very visual event.
Overview:
The State Treasurer’s Office is holding the eighth statewide high school competition to select a Vermont Treasury Cup Challenge champion. The purpose of the competition is to promote student interest in and knowledge of personal finance, economics and consumer affairs topics. Four-person student teams will compete against each other in a quiz-show style contest that tests individual and team knowledge. Prizes include $500 college savings accounts for each member of the winning team (6 students for $3,000); $250 college savings accounts for each member of the 2nd place team (6 students for $1,500); Champions win the right to display the large gold traveling cup for one year; and individual student trophies for students on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams.
High schools participating in the competition this year are:
• Burlington High School, coach David Lamberti, business
• Champlain Valley Union High School, coach Tamie-Jo Dickinson, business
• Essex High School, coach Charlie Burnett, social studies
• Missisquoi Valley Union High School, coach Jacob Hartman, business
• Mount Mansfield Union High School, DEFENDING CHAMPS, coach David Alofsin, business
• South Burlington High School, coach Eric Stone, math/science
• Stowe High School, coach Roger Murphy, personal finance/English/social studies
• U-32 High School, coach George Cook, business
• Windham Regional Career Center, coach Maribeth Cornell, business
• Winooski High School, coach Courtney Poquette, assistant coach Mark McQuinn, business
The Competition:
Teams will be placed in bracketed competitions the morning of the championship. The tournament is a ten team, double elimination competition. Each match includes a personal finance round, economics round and lightning round.
Schedule:
· 9 a.m. Check-in Pavilion Auditorium. (starting game brackets drawn)
Teams compete in two separate rooms simultaneously.
· 9:30 a.m. Preliminary competition (Match 1 SR & Match 2 Aud)
· 10 a.m. Preliminary competition (Match 3 SR & Match 4 Aud)
· 10:30 a.m. Preliminary competition (Match 5 SR & Match 6 Aud )
· 11 a.m. Lunch at the State House
· Noon Match 7 SR & Match 8 Aud
· 12:30 p.m. Match 9 SR & Match 11 Aud
· 1 p.m. Match 10 SR & Match 12 Aud
· 1:30 p.m. Match 13 SR & Match 14 Aud
· 2 p.m. Match 15 Aud & Match 16 SR
· 2:30 p.m. Match 17 Aud
· 3 p.m. Match 18 Aud - CHAMPIONSHIP
· 3:30 p.m. Awards ceremony and iPad drawing
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