The State Treasurer s Office, in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, is holding the first-ever statewide high school competition to select a Vermont champion to compete this fall in the 4th Annual Reserve Cup competition in Boston. 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. The winner of the competition will win the right to represent Vermont at the New England regional competition conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston each fall.
High schools participating in the competition are: Bellows Falls Union High School; Craftsbury Academy; Essex High School; Mill River Union High School; North Country Union High School & Career Center; River Valley Technical Center; Stafford Technical Center; and Windsor High School. Additional event partners are: Vermont Jump$tart Coalition and the TD Banknorth Charitable Foundation.
The Competition:
Teams will be placed in bracketed competitions the morning of the championship. Three preliminary competitions, consisting of three rounds each, will take place before lunch. The winners of the preliminary rounds will compete in the finals after lunch. Rounds are as follows
Round One Questions: personal finance
Round Two Questions: economics
Round Three Questions: (lightning round) open-ended topics in which teams compete directly against each other to answer questions.