Students Heading to Springfield

Students from the School of Entrepreneurship in Chicago are heading to Springfield the beginning of February to receive special recognition as winners of the first Illinois Stock Market Game Capitol Challenge.  The student team and their advisor, Alexander Rodan, will receive medals and certificates from their sponsoring legislator, state Senator Donne Trotter, 17th District.

Josephine Locke School in Chicago has a student team that is being recognized for Second Place.   Representative Michael McAuliffe, District 20, sponsored the team advised by teacher Matthew Theil.  Third place recognition goes to a student team from Quest Academy in Palatine.  Representative Suzanne Bassi, District 54, sponsored the team advised by teacher Andrew Shilhanek.  Each school is planning a school presentation with their sponsoring legislator in attendance.

The Illinois Capitol Challenge was a new addition this past fall to the Council’s Stock Market Game (SMG) program, underwritten through a grant from Citigroup Foundation.  Eighteen teams from nine schools participated in this special competition, with awards going to the top three teams. 

Along with providing an exciting new competition for some of our participating schools, this program helps showcase the Council’s economics and financial literacy programs to state legislators, making them more aware of the services and programs offered to K-12 schools statewide by ICEE.