Woodlands Bank recognizes JSHS student in Investing Challenge
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JERSEY SHORE -- Brighter Financial Futures and Woodlands Bank were honored to recognize high school student Aidyn Evans from Jersey Shore High School, who worked under the leadership of educator, Timothy Dershem.
Aidyn finished first place in Woodlands Bank/Lycoming County Spring 2024 Investing Challenge in the high school division. He received a Chromebook and a $100 monetary prize.
Dershem also had the top student in the Budget Challenge, Todd Hamilton. He won a monetary prize of $100 from Woodlands Bank.
Thanks to a sponsorship of Woodlands Bank, all students in grades K-12 can have full access to a Personal Finance Lab, free of charge. This world-class, online platform and curriculum includes the Personal Budgeting Game, Online Learning with certifications in Personal Finance, along with the Investing Challenge.
Woodlands Bank is a local community bank with headquarters in Williamsport, Pa.
Woodlands Bank offers consumer and commercial banking and trust services in both Lycoming and Clinton Counties. For more information about Woodlands Bank, please visit www.woodlandsbank.com
The bank now offers 12 total competitions, four quarter semesters and two full semester programs with competitions. Students can learn by using the curriculum and lessons along with playing both the budgeting & investing simulations. The platform provides lessons, assignments, and grading for seamless teacher management as well as the superior gamification of the Personal Budgeting Game & Investment Challenge. The competitions are held in the classroom, both county-wide and state-wide.
Schools can sign up for our Budgeting & Investing competitions at www.brighterfinancialfutures.org.
Brighter Financial Futures is a 501(c)3 organization and approved by Pennsylvania's Department of Community & Economic Development as an Educational Improvement Organization. The competitions and programs result in over 25,000 student registrations in Pennsylvania. Training and support are provided to hundreds of teachers.
The goal is to showcase exceptional talent from business, education, and government.
The entrepreneurship program, Dream-Learn-Pitch, allows students to learn through our online curriculum, at our entrepreneurship conferences or independently with their teachers. Students can upload their Elevator Pitch to win prizes up to $10,000 and additionally, up to $40,000 in college scholarships. See DreamLearnPitch.org/win for details.
For more information, please contact Vice President Carolyn Shirk or President Alan Dakey at cshirk@penncfl.org or 570-975-5149.