FALL STOCK MARKET GAME RESULTS IN PINNACLE VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL STATE WIN

December 14, 2023
LITTLE ROCK– From Bentonville to Barton, from Jonesboro to Texarkana, Arkansas, students learn the basics of investing through The Stock Market Game™. Students in grades 4-12 competed in the statewide personal finance competition during the fall 2023 semester; Pinnacle View Middle School in Little Rock took home the top prize as the overall 1st place state winner.
The Stock Market Game™ is an investment simulation facilitated nationwide by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Foundation. Economics Arkansas, a nonprofit educational organization that trains educators to incorporate economic and personal finance concepts into the PreK-12 classroom, facilitates the statewide program each year.
The Stock Market Game™ challenges students to grow a hypothetical $100,000 portfolio over each fall and spring semester or the whole school year. A yearlong component of the competition is currently underway, and the spring session begins January 8, 2024.
The winners of each session receive cash prizes and awards. Economics Arkansas will recognize the 1st place winners of the fall competition on January 18, 2024, during an awards luncheon at the Clinton Presidential Library and Museum in Little Rock.
A list of all the fall 2023 1st place winners can be found below:
The Stock Market Game™ | Fall 2023 1st Place Winners
Elementary | School | Advisor | School District |
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Region 1 | Hunt Elementary | Leanne Johnson | Springdale |
Region 2 | Sheridan Intermediate | Sherri DeSoto | Sheridan |
Region 3 | Fairview Elementary | Damon Fant | Texarkana |
Region 4 | Valley View Elementary | April Johnson | Valley View |
Region 5 | Chicot Elementary | Emma Penticoff | Little Rock |
Region 6 | Hardin Elementary | Marybeth Passmore | White Hall |
Junior High | School | Advisor | School District |
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Region 1 | Lincoln Junior High | Kimberly Bennett | Bentonville |
Region 2 | Goza Middle School | Jequetta Berry | Arkadelphia |
Region 3 | Arkansas Middle School | LaToya McBride | Texarkana |
Region 4 | Swifton Middle School | Luann Russell | Swifton |
Region 5 | Pinnacle View Middle School | Graham Goodloe | Little Rock |
Region 6 | White Hall Middle School | Robbie Stewart | White Hall |
High School | School | Advisor | School District |
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Region 1 | Bentonville High School | Donnie Payne | Bentonville |
Region 2 | Lakeside High School | Jennifer Davis | Lakeside |
Region 3 | DeQueen High School | Jennifer Collier | DeQueen |
Region 4 | Trumann High School | Kristin Austin | Trumann |
Region 5 | North Little Rock High School | Michael Huels | North Little Rock |
Region 6 | Barton High School | Teri Miller | Barton |
Economics Arkansas is a private, nonprofit, non-partisan educational organization founded in 1962 by Dr. Arch Ford and led by Dr. Bessie B. Moore to promote economic literacy in Arkansas. Its mission is to equip PreK-12 schools with standards-based resources and professional development to teach economics, personal finance, and the free-enterprise system using practical, innovative, and inspiring methods so that Arkansas students may master an understanding of economics and personal finance and apply that knowledge for success in the free-enterprise system.
Economics Arkansas | P.O. Box 3447, Little Rock, AR 72203 | 501-682-4230 | www.economicsarkansas.org
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