Students in the gifted and talented classes at Carrie Martin Elementary and Stansberry Elementary schools spent eight weeks learning the ins and outs of the stock market as part of a special curriculum, and three students placed 1st and 2nd in the state for the growth in their portfolios. The Stock Market Experience was part of an economic literacy unit that teaches students about earning, spending, saving, investing and donating money. Through the class, the students researched stocks and decided how to virtually invest their $100,000. At the end of eight weeks, the simulation looked at how 136 participants statewide stacked up against each other at the elementary, middle and high school levels. A team of 5th graders from Carrie Martin, Josiah Crill and Bradyn Cronin, placed 1st, and 4th grader Aidan Coble placed 2nd. The 1st and 2nd place winners won $100 and $50 respectively, and the overall classes won $100. The classes will use the $100 as seed money for an entrepreneurial fair in the spring at which the students market goods or services in hopes of at least doubling their money. The amount they end up with after the fair will be spent on the giving piece of the lesson by paying for student-created plans to address water issues.
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