Victory for Mason
CMMS student takes first place in Stock Market Challenge
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MILL HALL -- Mason Frantz finished in first place in the Middle School Division of the Pennsylvania Regional Stock Market Challenge, sponsored by Woodlands Bank and organized through nonprofit Brighter Financial Futures.
Mason, an eighth grade student at Central Mountain Middle School, competed under the leadership of teacher Michael Fry.
Woodlands Bank is a local community bank with their headquarters in Williamsport. Woodlands 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 Pennsylvania Council on Financial Literacy (PennCFL) makes its world-class, web- based stock simulation platform and curriculum available to all Pennsylvania students in grades K-12. Students can learn how to trade all year long by using the entire curriculum, courses and more, including two 10-week competitions. The platform provides lessons, assignments and grading for seamless teacher management, with competitions held in the classroom, by county and statewide.
The cutting-edge, real-time stock game is derived from Stock-Trak's University Platform, which is used in over 80% of the top business schools in the United States.
PennCFL's mission is to provide K-12 students with economics, personal finance and entrepreneurship skills that have the potential to elevate their standard of living, quality of life and professional success. We showcase exceptional talent from business, education and government. Our nonprofit organization is passionate about teaching young people solid financial management and entrepreneurial skills. Many families in our area struggle to make ends meet; our goal is to break that pattern by instilling a firm sense of financial competency and responsibility in the next generation.
PennCFL's goal is to be the leader in K-12 financial literacy and entrepreneurship education. For additional information, please contact Alan Dakey, president, at ADakey@PennCFL.org, or Carolyn Shirk, vice president, at CShirk@PennCFL.org; call 570-975-5149; or visit us online at DreamLearnPitch.org or PennCFL.org.