2011 Stock Market Game Winners, Sponsored by Fidelity Investments.Valley Springs Middle School Students Win First Place in Statewide Stock Market Game Spring 2011 Competition Eastern Region Elementary School Third Place: Celeste Young, teacher from Bogue Sound Elementary Newport Second Place: Kathy Mouton, teacher from Queens Creek Elementary Swansboro First Place: Kathy Mouton, teacher from Queens Creek Elementary Swansboro Middle School Third Place: Amanda Allen, teacher from Jacksonville Commons Middle Jacksonville Second Place: Sharon Stevens, teacher from Carver Middle Laurel Hill First Place: Sharon Stevens, teacher from Carver Middle Laurel Hill High School Third Place: Victoria Russ, teacher from West Bladen High Bladenboro Second Place: Victoria Russ, teacher from West Bladen High Bladenboro First Place: Julie Capps, teacher from Cape Fear Academy Wilmington Piedmont Region Elementary School Third Place: Susan Dedmon, teacher from Boiling Springs Elementary Shelby Second Place: Nancy Glenham, teacher from Sandy Ridge Elementary Waxhaw First Place: Fred Brown, teacher from Cesar Cone Elementary Greensboro Middle School Third Place: Christie Speer, teacher form Millennium Charter Academy Mount Airy Second Place: Erinn Edwards, teacher from Carmel Middle Charlotte First Place: Teresa Lester, teacher from Bailey Middle Cornelius High School Third Place: Alex Payne, teacher from Northampton West High Gaston Second Place: Kieran Brown, teacher from Paisley Maget School Winston Salem First Place: Alex Payne, teacher from Northampton West High Gaston West Region Elementary School Third Place: Emily Rothrock, teacher from Hardin Park Elementary Boone Second Place: Greg Cheatham, teacher from Fairview Elementary Fairview First Place: Greg Cheatham, teacher from Fairview Elementary Fairview Middle School Third Place: Kristen Wells, teacher from North Buncombe Middle Weaverville Second Place: Nancy Herzog, teacher from Valley Springs Middle Arden Statewide Champion: Nancy Herzog, teacher from Valley Springs Middle Arden High School Third Place: John Spicer, teacher from Hibriten High Lenoir Second Place: Mary Richards, teacher from Clyde A. Erwin High Asheville First Place: Mary Richards, teacher from Clyde A. Erwin High Asheville The SMG is a statewide, interactive, online stock market simulation that teaches students in grades four through 12 about the financial markets and investing while reinforcing concepts taught in economics, math, technology, social studies, business and language arts classes. Additionally, the program fosters the 21st Century skills of integrating technology, research, teamwork, negotiating, communication, cooperation, and financial literacy. Students also learn the importance of saving and investing at an early age. Students participating invest a hypothetical $100,000 in stocks that they research, select and track while working in teams that are made up of three to five students. Students compete for awards regionally and statewide. To view photos of the winners receiving awards visit our facebook page by clicking here. |