The Maryland’s Personal Finance Challenge is an opportunity for middle and high school students to demonstrate their personal finance knowledge in a fun, competitive environment.  Teams of up to four students compete on topics from spending, credit, savings, investing, income and money management.  The Challenge helps students gain a better understanding and appreciation of personal finance.  Cash prizes are available for the top teams.  For more information contact dbaker@towson.edu

Maryland High School Personal Finance Challenge!

The team from Applications and Research Laboratory (ARL) from Howard County won first place in the Maryland Personal Finance Challenge.

The team took first place honors at our Maryland competition sponsored by M&T Bank, then competed against 20 other state winners and were the 2016 national winners at the national challenge sponsored by Wells Fargo. Dr. Maddy Halbach, their teacher at ARL, deserves congratulations for preparing the students for the competition.

Congratulations to the Maryland 2015-2016 National InvestWrite winners!

FALL:

• 6th Place National 4-5 Division – Carlyn McMahan from Ring Factory Elementary in Harford County.
  Steven Dodd is the advisor.
• 8th Place National 6-8 Division – Arina Drovetskaya from Crofton Middle in Anne Arundel County.  Amy McKusky is the advisor

• 5th  Place National 9-12 Division – Ayo Adelaja from Applications and Research Laboratory in Howard County.
  Maddy Halbach is the advisor.
• 8th  Place National 9-12 Division – Benjamin Yost from Applications and Research Laboratory in Howard County.
  Maddy Halbach is the advisor.

SPRING

• 9th Place National 4-5 Division – Sammy Lever from Homestead Wakefield Elementary in Harford County.
  Debbie Limpert is the advisor.

Great job! Thanks to everyone who participated.

The 2016 poster winners have been selected from over 1,700 entries.

Sixteen (16) state winners will each receive $50.00. Their winning poster will then be used as one of the featured drawings for each month in the calendar. One additional winner will receive $100. This year’s winner drawing will be featured as the cover of the calendar.

Winning posters will be made into a September, 2016-December, 2017 calendar.

Below are this year’s winners:
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Abigail Willis	Woodson Elementary, Somerset County
Ashlyn Conley	Centreville Middle, Queen Anne’s County
Maeve Alliger	Forest Hill Elementary, Harford County
Ayaan Noman	Princess Anne Elementary, Somerset County
Jeb Eyler	Middletown Middle, Frederick County
Kaylee Kim	Patapsco Middle, Howard County
Erin Alsop	Stevensville Middle, Queen Anne’s County
Brianna Bradshaw	North Dorchester Middle, Dorchester County
Samantha Rodriguez	Takoma Park Middle, Montgomery County
PJ Olson	Sykesville Middle, Carroll County
Ryan Latham	Easton Middle, Talbot County
Ella Lewis	Churchville Elementary, Harford County
Eonah Espineli	Sudbrook Magnet Middle, Baltimore County
Erin Tebbe	Central Middle, Anne Arundel County
Jada Marshall	Buckingham Elementary, Worcester County
Gianna Lajeunesse	Leeds Elementary, Cecil County
Mia Holland	Patapsco Middle, Howard County