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Sponsors
Personal Finance & Entrepreneurship
Budgeting, Investing, & Business Pitches
Competitions, Events, Simulations, Courses & Lessons
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Lion Country KIA Co-Owner, Tom Mertz is excited to share that their business will award the student with the highest portfolio in the Centre County Investment Challenge a brand new Chromebook in addition to the regular student and teacher prizes.
All Centre County schools are invited to participate in the elementary, middle, or high school competitions.
Current Quarter & Full Semester Game Dates
In the Spring, we celebrate with special County prizes for Middle School & High School competitions
Centre County Full Spring Game:
Top Schools Win:
Spring Semester Prizes
Top Investing Challenge Wins:
First Place - $100 - top game, $60 teacher
Second Place - $50 game, $40 teacher
Third Place - $30 game, $30 teacher
Personal Budgeting,
Challenge Wins:
First Place - $100 - top game, $60 teacher
Second Place - $50 game, $40 teacher
Third Place - $30 game, $30 teacher
*Must be active games, no cash only portfolios
The Budget Game must be completed to win prizes.
Entrepreneurship Prizes:
Scholarships and more!
Click here to view prize details
Leaders' Board - Spring 2024
Special funding for our programs has been made available for Centre County & more thanks to the following sponsor:
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Our sponsored Personal Finance Lab includes both a Personal Budgeting Game and an Investing Challenge.
The Budget Game simulates the experience of students living on their own while managing their bills, credit cards & finances. The game plays out 18-months but takes about 6-hours real time to complete.
The Investing Challenge offers students the opportunity to manage a hypothetical $100,000 portfolio by investing in stocks chosen from the American, New York and NASDAQ exchanges with live market data.
Our Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition is a business plan challenge that jump-starts minds and encourages critical thinking. Students practice the skills necessary for writing a successful business plan; written and oral communication; math proficiency; economic understanding; technological competence; business aptitude.
Our competitions teach students budgeting, investing and other financial literacy skills through hands-on learning activities in the classroom. For more information on our partnership with these sponsors, click to view the full press release.
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Sponsored Schools
The schools invited to participate are Bald Eagle, Bellefonte, Penns Valley, Philipsburg-Osceola, State College, and Grace Prep High School along with other schools in Pennsylvania.
If you are ready to create a sponsorship relationship which exceeds your goals and gives you the chance to become a part of our growing, passionate organization, contact us at CShirk@penncfl.org or call 570-975-5149.