Pennsylvania High School Students Succeed in National Financial Capability Challenge
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- High school students from Pennsylvania outnumbered those from all other states in the recent National Financial Capability Challenge, an annual online competition sponsored by the U.S. departments of Education and Treasury.
More students from Pennsylvania scored in the top 20 percent of the competition. Pennsylvania high schools and teachers participated in greater numbers than other states and Pennsylvania students ranked third in the number of perfect scores achieved.
"We are encouraged that so many teachers and students chose to participate," said Mary Rosenkrans, director of the Pennsylvania Office of Financial Education. "However, the test results show that we still have work to do. I look forward to more schools and students using resources like the Office of Financial Education and the Jump$tart Coalition. When young people are financially literate, it means our economic future will be stronger."
The National Financial Capability Challenge is designed to illustrate the relevance of financial capability, allowing students to demonstrate what they have learned and assess their financial knowledge. The competition also challenges high school teachers and other educators to teach the basics of personal finance to their students.
Information about it can be found online at www.challenge.treas.gov.
The Office of Financial Education helps Pennsylvania's teachers incorporate age-appropriate personal finance principles into the reading, math and other subjects they are already teaching; shows employers how to provide personal finance tips, tools and training to their employees in ways that complement their business objectives and boost their bottom lines; and helps community-based organizations offer high-quality financial education and counseling.
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Media contact: Ed Novak, 717-783-4721
Editor's Note: Pennsylvania high schools that placed students in the top 20 percent of results are listed below:
- Abington Senior High School, Abington
- Annville Cleona Secondary School, Annville
- Sun Valley High School, Aston
- Bensalem High School, Bensalem
- Tulpehocken High School, Bernville
- Daniel Boone High School, Birdsboro
- North Penn High School, Blossburg
- Boiling Springs High School, Boiling Springs
- Bolden Christian Academy, Boothwyn
- Immaculata Academy Home School, Camp Hill
- Trinity High School, Camp Hill
- Carbondale Area High School, Carbondale
- Chambersburg Area Sr. High School, Chambersburg
- Faust Junior High, Chambersburg
- Shalom Christian Academy, Chambersburg
- HIS Academy, Chester Springs
- Abington Heights High School, Clarks Summit
- Columbia Junior Senior High School, Columbia
- Dallastown Area High School, Dallastown
- East Stroudsburg High School South, East Stroudsburg
- Bishop Carroll Catholic High School, Ebensburg
- General McLane High School, Edinboro
- Elizabethtown Area High School, Elizabethtown
- Ephrata High School, Ephrata
- Phil-Mont Christian Academy, Erdenheim
- McDowell Senior High School, Erie
- Downingtown East High School, Exton
- Ridley High School, Folsom
- Susquehannock High School, Glen Rock
- South Western High School, Hanover
- Seneca Valley Senior High, Harmony
- Haverford High School, Havertown
- Hazleton Area Career Center, Hazleton
- Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School, Hollidaysburg
- Kane Area School District, Kane
- Conestoga Valley High School, Lancaster
- Panther Valley High School, Lansford
- Leechburg Area High School, Leechburg
- Excelsior Homeschool Academy, Macungie
- Mahanoy Area High School, Mahanoy City
- Manheim Central High School, Manheim
- Montour High School, Mckees Rocks
- Mechanicsburg Area Senior High, Mechanicsburg
- Ringgold High School, Monongahela
- Gateway High School, Monroeville
- Council Rock HS North, Newtown
- Northwestern Lehigh High School, New Tripoli
- Norristown Area High School, Norristown
- Northampton Area High School, Northampton
- Oxford Area High School, Oxford
- George Washington High School, Philadelphia
- Little Flower High School, Philadelphia
- West Philadelphia High School, Philadelphia
- Renaissance Academy Charter School, Phoenixville
- North Hills Senior High School, Pittsburgh
- Plum Senior High School, Pittsburgh
- Nativity BVM High School, Pottsville
- Punxsutawney Area High School, Punxsutawney
- Radnor High School, Radnor
- Conrad Weiser High School, Robesonia
- Shippensburg High School, Shippensburg
- Bastian Home School, State College
- State College Area High School, State College
- Marian Catholic High School, Tamaqua
- Tunkhannock Area High School, Tunkhannock
- Council Rock High School North, Warminster
- Warren County AVTS, Warren
- Jersey Shore High School, Williamsport
- Eastern York High School, Wrightsville
- IU12 Freedom Academy, York
- William Penn Senior High School, York
- York Suburban High School, York
Home-schooled students in the following school districts also scored in the top 20 percent:
- Conewago Valley School District
- Carlisle School District
- Slippery Rock School District
SOURCE Pennsylvania Department of Banking
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