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Congressman Kustoff Visits West Carroll

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TREZEVANT (May 3) — U.S. Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08) visited with West Carroll Elementary and Junior High students participating in the SIFMA Foundation’s Capitol Hill Challenge program, underwritten by the Charles Schwab Foundation. This national 14-week financial education competition pairs individual members of Congress with public schools in every congressional district, equipping middle and high school students to become financially capable and civics-minded.

Rep. Kustoff spoke with West Carroll’s student teams who are spending the semester managing a hypothetical $100,000 investment portfolio of listed stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and impact investments, learning about saving, investing, and the global capital markets. The competition uses the SIFMA Foundation’s curriculum-based Stock Market Game™, a financial education program that is proven to advance students’ performance on math and economics tests and improve students’ and teachers’ personal financial behavior.

“I am so proud of West Carroll’s exceptional learning through the Stock Market Game/Capitol Hill Challenge. The challenge was a real-life experience and enjoyable learning for our students; a terrific example of the great things happening in West Carrol Schools,” said Preston Caldwell, Director of WCSSD.

“We appreciate the ability to engage students in an exciting, authentic program that teaches future investors about the opportunity inherent in the capital markets, while reinforcing STEM performance and critical life skills,” said Michelle Robinson, West Carroll Stock Market Game Advisor.

“Now more than ever, we understand the critical need to inform and prepare young people for their financial lives,” said Melanie Mortimer, president of the SIFMA Foundation. “Through public-private collaborations like the Capitol Hill Challenge, the SIFMA Foundation is pleased to work with every U.S. Member of Congress and Charles Schwab to bring financial capability to public schools nationwide. “

Since the Capitol Hill Challenge began in 2004, the program has coordinated more than 7,000 matches of U.S. representatives and senators with schools, reaching more than 158,000 students. Middle and high school students from all 50 states, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia are participating in this year’s competition.

For more details and to view updates about this year’s program, visit the Capitol Hill Challenge website at www.stockmarketgame.org/capitol-hill-challenge.html.

The Stock Market Game™ is an online simulation of the global capital markets that engages students grades 4-12 in the world of economics, investing, and personal finance and prepares them for financially independent lives. More than 600,000 students including 300,000 girls and 200,000 students of color take part annually, across all classroom and virtual learning environments, in all 50 states and around the globe. The Stock Market Game has reached over 20 million students since its inception and is proven to raise student standardized test scores in math and economics and positively impact teachers’ personal financial behavior. To learn more, please visit www.stockmarketgame.org.