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The Personal Finance Lab
Courses and Lessons, Personal Budgeting Game and Stock Market Challenges
William Fennie III, CFA, Vice President & Trust Investment Officer, and Daniel J. Santaniello, President and Chief Executive Officer excited to share that their business will award the student with the highest portfolio in the Fidelity Bank/Luzerne County Stock Market Challenge a brand new Chromebook in addition to the regular student and teacher prizes.
Daniel Stavish was recently recognized by Fidelity Bank for winning the Pennsylvania Council of Financial Literacy Spring 2022 Stock Market Challenge. Daniel took first place in Luzerne County. Daniel was awarded a certificate and HP laptop. Pictured, Tara Carey, principal; Tom Cunningham, teacher; Daniel Stavish; William Fennie III, CFA, Vice President, Investment Officer, Fidelity Bank.
All Luzerne County schools are invited to participate in the elementary, middle, or high school competitions.
Current Quarter and Semester Game Dates
In the Spring, we celebrate with extra special local/county middle and high school competitions
Luzerne County Spring Full Semester Prizes
Top Middle & High School Wins: *
First Place - $100 - top game, $35 teacher
Second Place - $50 game, $25 teacher
Third Place - $30 game, $15 teacher
***Must be active games, no cash only portfolios. One prize per school.
Leaders' Board - Spring 2022
Special funding for our programs has been made available for Luzerne County schools thanks to the following sponsors:
Proudly supported by the North Penn Charitable Foundation
Our Personal Finance Lab includes a Personal Budgeting Game, LMS-based Curriculum, and a stock market competition. The Stock Market Challenge offers players in grades 3-12 the opportunity to manage a hypothetical $100,000 portfolio by investing in stocks chosen from the USA markets: American, New York and NASDAQ exchanges. The competition teaches students about investing and encourages financial literacy through hands-on activities in the classroom. For more information on our partnership with these sponsors, click to view the full press release.
Sponsored Schools
The schools invited to participate are Crestwood, Dallas, Greater Nanticoke, Hanover Area, Hazleton Area, Lake-Lehman, Northwest Area, Pittston Area, Wilkes-Barre Area, Wyoming Area, and Wyoming Valley West School Districts, Wyoming Seminary
along with private schools in the county.
Awards Ceremony
If possible, a virtual celebration will be held in May to honor the schools, teachers and their students. They will be honored by bank executives and PennCFL staff.
If you are ready to create a sponsorship relationship which exceeds your goals and gives you the chance to become a part of our growing, passionate organization, contact us at CShirk@penncfl.org or call 570-975-5149.