Posted: May 27, 2014
After picking stocks that propelled them to the front of the class, students from Geneva Middle School North took 1st and 3rd place in a year-long session of The Stock Market Game™ program’s online portfolio simulation, while Geneva Middle School South took 3rd place in the spring session.
The winning student teams competed in the grades 4-8 level in their geographic region. Geneva MS North beat out over 396 other teams, and South beat 400 other teams.
The winning student teams from North included: in 1st place, Johnny Vrba, Ethan Eiss, and Ben Hertel, and in 3rd place, Tommy Miltner, Lizzie Lusk, and Anna Murray. Mr. Dave Kimball’s students increased their original $100,000 cash to final portfolio equities of $122,582.95 and $117,450.87, respectively.
The winning team from South included: in 3rd place, Bobby Lee, Dan Larsen, Mitchell Regelbrugge, and Simon Parsons. Mr. Mike Hack’s students increased their portfolio to $108,152.