Easton Middle teams win Stock Market Game championships

Teams from Easton Middle School were recognized at the Maryland Council on Economic Education’s annual awards ceremony for winning state and regional Stock Market Game championship competitions this school year.

In the Stock Market Game, student teams create and manage a simulated, virtual investment portfolio starting with $100,000. Led by their teacher, students strategically manage their portfolio over a 10-week period, consistently buying and selling stocks, bonds and mutual funds in effort to increase their portfolio return.

The winning teams achieved the highest portfolio returns among student teams in their age group.

Easton Middle School had winning teams in both the fall and spring regional competitions and a winning team in the fall state competition.

The teams were led by social studies teacher Edward Keeler.

“Congratulations to Mr. Keeler and his stock market savvy students for winning the MD State Stock Market Games sponsored by the MD Council on Economic Education,” EMS said in a Facebook post following the awards ceremony. “Fun fact: Mr. Keeler has led more students to victory and has won this event more often than any teacher in the State of Maryland. We are extremely impressed and are #PantherProud of all who participated and placed.”

The fall regional winning team consisted of Wilmer Rodriguez Argueta, Javir Harrington and Gibson Taylor.

The spring regional winning team consisted of Jordan Langrell and Cameron Rodrigue.

The fall state winning team consisted of Caiden Sackett, Braden Streaker and Miles Fink.

The Stock Market Game competition gives students real-world experience in investing, challenging them to make decisions about the direction of markets, buying or selling stocks, and completing transactions online. With real-time portfolio statement updates, teams are able to see how their team ranks compared to others, as well as the current value of their stocks.

The Maryland Council on Economic Education offers the Stock Market Game to students and teachers throughout Maryland each fall and spring to provide education about stock markets, the American economic system and the global economy. Participants develop skills in math, language arts, research and critical thinking.

To learn more about the Stock Market Game, visit www.econed.org/page-18321.