Representative Rod Blum (R-IA) met with students from North Fayette Valley High School on Thursday, April 9 as part of the SIFMA Foundation Stock Market Game. Students who met with Blum are (front, l-r) Brody Woods, Derrick Kuehner, Trystan Riley, Austin DeMuth, Roy Moore, Daniel Imoehl, Nathan Treloar; (second row) Emily Amundson, Val Butikofer, Makayla Kaeppel, Kayleigh Koch, Blum, Madalyn Boehm, Cally Mueller, Karyn Stewart; (back) Ben McIntyre, Tyler Johansen, Jared Bouska, Jesse Matt, Tate Lujan, Russell Pleggenkuhle, Joshua Prentice, Joseph TaFolla , Derek Fenneman, and Johnson Phan.
NFV invests time in stock market challenge
Brian Smith
Contributing Writer
bsmith@fayettepublishing.com
“It’s up, it’s down, it’s all around,” is one phrase that can be used to describe the daily movement of the stock market. North Fayette Valley High School social studies teacher Matt Krambeer is providing his students with an opportunity to learn that firsthand by participating in the Capitol Hill Challenge Stock Market Game, which teaches students the importance of saving and investing, as well as providing a better understanding of our government.
“The basic purpose of participating in the game is to teach the students how the stock market works using virtual money and real stock market statistics. It’s a great way to give students some hands-on experience in a way that would not otherwise be possible,” explained Krambeer, who teaches an economics class that has six teams competing in the Challenge.