Announcing the 2019 RI Personal Finance Challenge and RI EconChallenge Results

POSTED: April 16, 2019 | BY: Margaret Brooks

The 2019 RI Personal Finance Challenge and RI EconChallenge results are in! More than 800 high school and middle school students from across the state participated in online competitions that tested their knowledge of key economic and financial concepts. Here are this year’s winners:

2019 RI Personal Finance Challenge

High School Division
•    1st Place: East Greenwich High School, Teacher: Patricia Page
•    2nd Place tie:
Cranston West High School, Teacher: Richard Abruzzini
North Kingstown High School, Teacher: Richard Garland
•    3rd Place: Dr. Jorge Alvarez High School, Teacher: Stephen Rocco
•    4th Place: Scituate High School, Teacher: Dennis Ballou

Middle School Division
•    1st Place: Archie R. Cole Middle School, Teacher: Ellise Wolff
•    2nd Place: Wickford Middle School, Teacher: Robert O’Neil
•    3rd Place: Davisville Middle School, Teacher: Eileen Murray
•    4th Place: Gilbert Stuart Middle School, Teacher: Nikhol Bentley

2019 RI EconChallenge

Adam Smith Division (Advanced Economics)
•    1st Place Tie:
Scituate High School, Teacher: Dennis Ballou
Smithfield High School, Teacher: Erica Valentine
•    2nd Place: West Warwick High School, Teacher: Marc LeBlanc
•    3rd Place: LaSalle Academy, Teacher: Michael McParlin

David Ricardo Division (Economics)
•    1st Place: North Kingstown High School, Teacher: Richard Garland
•    2nd Place: Johnston High School, Teacher: Debra Smyth
•    3rd Place: William E. Tolman High School, Teacher: Robert D’Arezzo

Milton Friedman Division (Middle School)
•    1st Place: Gilbert Stuart Middle School, Teacher: Nikhol Bentley
•    2nd Place: Archie R. Cole Middle School, Teacher: Ellise Wolff

East Greenwich High will represent RI in the Personal Finance Nationals, which will be held at the University of Nebraska Lincoln on May 10, 2019. Student team members are Matthew Tactacan (captain), Margaret Thompson, Jack Gecawich, and Kelsa Dator.

Scituate High School will represent RI in the Adam Smith division of the Econ Challenge National Semi-Finals on April 24, 2019. Student team members are Tristen Owens, Russell Gaston, Cameron Tuttle, and Alex DiCenso.

North Kingstown High School will represent RI in the David Ricardo division of the Econ Challenge National Semi-Finals on April 24, 2019. Student team members are Nathan Peters, Brandon Talbot, Conal Willkie, and Luke Gentile.

The 2019 RI Personal Finance Challenge and RI EconChallenge were organized by RI Jump$tart and RI Council for Economic Education, two non-profit organizations that are dedicated to supporting K–12 economic and financial education in the state and region.

“It’s important for all RI students to become financially literate while they are in school, said state test administrator Dr. Margaret Brooks, who is the president of RI Jump$tart and RI Council for Economic Education. “Participating in the Challenges generates interest and excitement among students for mastering economic and financial literacy concepts, which in turn positions students for lifelong success.”

Fidelity Investments sponsored the RI Personal Finance Challenge, and CFA Society Providence sponsored the RI EconChallenge. Their generous support provided all RI middle and high school students with the valuable opportunity to participate in the Challenges at no cost to themselves or their schools.

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