Announcing the 2024 RI Finance Challenge and 2024 RI EconChallenge Winners!

 

2024 RI Finance Challenge Results

High School Division

1^st Place and National Finalist

School: North Kingstown High School

Teacher: Richard Garland

Team: NKHS Team 1

 

2^nd Place

School: North Providence High School

Teacher: Anthony Avicolli

Team: Spare Change

 

3^rd Place (tie)

School: Wheeler School

Teacher: John Hanson

Team: Wheeler Financial Literacy Club

and

3^rd Place (tie)

School: LaSalle Academy

Teacher: Cristina Milano

Team: LSA Team 1

4^th Place (tie)

School: Scituate High School

Teacher: Dennis Ballou

Team: Team 4

 

2024 RI Finance Challenge Results

Middle School Division

1^st Place (tie)

School: Davisville Middle School

Teacher: Eileen Murray

Team:  Team Connor

and

2024 RI Econ Challenge Results

Adam Smith Division

1^st Place and National Finalist

School: East Greenwich High School

Teacher: Timothy McPartlin

Team: EGHS2

 

2nd Place

School: Wheeler School

Teacher: Mark Harris

Team: Economatics

 

3rd Place

School: West Warwick High School

Teacher: Marc Leblanc

Team: LeBlancastan

 

4th Place

School: Scituate High School

Teacher: Dennis Ballou

Team: Team 2

David Ricardo Division

1^st Place and National Finalist

School: Woonsocket High School

Teacher: Robert Gruetzke

Team: RG301

 

2nd Place

School: Classical High School

Teacher: Stephen Rocco

Team: CHS Team A

 

3rd Place

School: Tolman High School

Teacher: Robert D’Arezzo

Team: Tolman Tigers 9

 

The 2024 RI Finance Challenge and 2024 RI EconChallenge websites allowed RI high school and middle school teachers to log in and register as many teams of 3-4 students as they’d like. These exciting competitions were offered online and free of charge for all RI high school and middle school students, thanks to the generous sponsorship of Fidelity Investments and CFA Society Providence, respectively.

The online testing dates for the 2024 RI Personal Finance Challenge were March 11-April 12, 2024, and the online testing dates for the 2024 RI Econ Challenge were also March 11-April 12, 2024.

A statewide awards ceremony is scheduled for May 31, 2024 at Citizen’s Bank headquarters in Johnston to recognize RI students, teachers, and schools for their outstanding performance in these Challenges. In addition, the 2024 National Personal Finance Challenge is providing an opportunity for the 1st place RI high school state winner North Kingstown High School with teacher Richard Garland to advance to the Nationals, which will be held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland May 19-20, 2024. See National Personal Finance Challenge and National Personal Finance Challenge – Council for Economic Education (councilforeconed.org) for more details.

Thank you and congratulations to all participating RI high school and middle school students whose dedicated teachers empowered them to compete in these important, nationally-recognized Challenges!