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Winners, Fall 2007

Statewide, 340 teacher registrations were received entering over 15,000 students in the Fall 2007 session. The online portfolio simulation for student teams ran from September 24 - December 7 for schools in the City of Chicago; September 4 - December 7 for schools elsewhere. Students began portfolio management when it best fit the teacher's schedule, within the timeframe of their session.

Winning Teams, General Sessions

Winning teachers were notified by email; their principals were notified by fax. View the full list of winning teachers in the various geographic regional competitions for the fall 2007 session.

PowerPoint Presentations

Following are the PowerPoint shows of the first place teams in the City of Chicago. At the awards reception held at the Chicago Board Options Exchange, First Place teams all gave a presentation that included dialogue as well as PowerPoint slides.

Illinois Capitol Challenge

A special pull-out program in the fall is funded by Citigroup Foundation. Illinois Capitol Challenge matches Chicago-area legislators to their neighborhood schools. The legislators sponsored their teams in name only, received bi-weekly updates on the rankings of participating teams, and were sent invitations to assist with recognition of teams' participation and achievements at the end of the session.

The first place team and teacher are invited to visit the sponsoring legislator's office in Springfield or Chicago, with expenses paid by the Citigroup Foundation grant. Second and Third place teams are recognized at a ceremony in their school. First, second and third place teachers receive cash awards to be used for their classroom. Students and their teachers receive Illinois Capitol Challenge medals.

Following is a list of the top three teams, the teacher and school, along with the legislator who sponsored them.

First Place

  • Adam Cibulka, Addison Trail High School, Addison - team ZZ53. Their final equity was $124,705. They returned 23.68% above the S&P 500 for the same time period. Their sponsor was Senator Carole Pankau, 23rd District.

Second Place

  • Kevin Weck, Marengo High School, Marengo - team ZZ1511. Their final equity was $124,405. They returned 25.40% above the S&P 500 for the same time period. Their sponsor was Senator Pamela Althoff, 32nd District.

Third Place

  • Scott Schumacher, DeKalb High School, DeKalb - team ZZ166. Their final equity was $123,779. They returned 22.76% above the S&P 500 for the same time period. Their sponsor was Representative Robert Pritchard, 70th District.

 

InvestWrite

More than 7,100 students across the nation wrote essays to their grade-level topic. After pre-judging the student work, teachers submitted 1,852 entries for national judging. In grades 4-5, 319 entries were judged nationally; grades 6-8, 516 entries were judged; grades 9-12, 1,017 entries were judged for awards. Volunteer judges came from all states and numbered 672.

Entries are judged online, anonymously, by different judges. The composite score from that judging helps determine the ten award-winners in each of the three different grade-level competitions.

For complete information on InvestWrite, the language arts component of The Stock Market Game, see the web site at http://www.investwrite.org.

National 6th Place, grades 9-12 and State Winner, grades 9-12:

  • Tyler K, St Bede Academy, Peru. Gerry Torri is the teacher.

State Winner, Grades 6-8:

  • Supritha P, Northwood Jr High School, Highland Park. Rachel Frank is the teacher.

State Winner, Grades 4-5:

  • Nihal V, Wayne Builta Elementary School, Bolingbrook. Kaye Kooi is the teacher.