News/Accolades

2022 Personal Finance Challenge: Results Are In

Thanks to all who participated in the Personal Finance Challenge!! We had a great turnout with 797 students participating in the online portion. 16 Teams totaling 64 students qualified for state finals and 11 of those teams competed at state finals on April 22nd at Drake University.

  • 1st Place is Clarinda High School – CHS1
    • Teacher: Linda Vanden Bosch
    • Kalen Downey
    • Jason Wright
    • Arin Eberly
    • Lance Regehr
  • 2nd Place is North Polk High School – Comets2
    • Teacher: Danielle Wolfe
    • Ethan Stierman
    • Austin Stierman
    • Javier Franco
    • Spencer Markley
  • 2nd Place is also Waverly-Shell Rock High School
    • Teacher: Ken Borrow
    • Jacque Schneider
    • Andrew Cummer
    • Jack Renn
    • Shay Doyle

This wouldn’t be possible without our volunteers and sponsors: Iowa Insurance Division, Iowa College Access Network, Iowa Student College Aid Commission, TS Bank, TS Institute, ISL Education Lending, Teacher Wealth, Iowa Jump$tart Coalition, and Harkin Institute.