Teams from schools in Stowe, Halifax, and St. Albans won theirrespective divisions in the winter-spring 2015 Vermont Stock Market Gamecompetition, announced Art Woolf, president of the Vermont Council onEconomic Education.
In the high school division, a one-person team from BFA-St. Albans, HannahCentabar, took the first place honors by turning an initial investment of$100,000 into $105,670. That team was coached by teacher Edee McArtor.Hannah will receive her award at a presentation at the school on May 26 at8:10 am.
The middle school division top honors go to Lars Andrews, Liam Fisher, andMatthew Licence from West Halifax School. That team was coached by JoelHowes. They turned their $100,000 into $106,069, which was the highest ofany team in the state.
A two person team from Stowe Elementary School, Gage Daliere and AnthonyMarron topped all the other elementary school teams with a total of $102,977.Their coach was teacher Lynn Bennett and their awards presentation will beonMay 15 at 8:15 amat the school.
Each student on the winning team will receive a $25 Amazon.com gift card.
The Stock Market Game competition began February 2, 2015 and ended April 11,2015. During the 10 week period the Standard & Poor’s average of 500stocks rose by five percent. During the spring competition more than 900Vermont students from 32 Vermont schools played the Stock Market Game, alongwith about 300,000 students across the nation. Vermont has a higherpercentage of students playing the game than any state except North Dakota.
The Stock Market Game is an on line simulation and teaching tool whose goalis to help educate Vermont students about personal finance at an early age sothey are prepared to make smarter financial and investing decisions. InVermont the SMG is organized by The Vermont Council on Economic Education, anorganization working with teachers to help students gain a betterunderstanding of the economic world around them. The Game is organizednationally by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets AssociationFoundation.