Iolani Students Score In First National Financial Literacy Challenge
At the encouragement of economics teacher Richard Rankin, twenty-eight Iolani Students participated in the U.S. Department of the Treasury's inaugural National Financial Literacy Challenge, a new initiative recommended by the President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy.
From April 28, 2008 to May 16, 2008, the On-line Challenge was taken by more than 46,000 high school students.
Participants included students in rural areas, suburbs, and cities in this country, and in Department of Defense schools around the world.
The following Iolani students will receive Certificates from The United States Treasury Department for scoring in the top twenty-five percent of the students taking the challenge:
DEREK FAINBERG
JONATHAN C FUNG
REID A FURUKAWA
FRANK E GENCO
RYAN C GOMOTO
JESSICA K GREENOUGH
PAMELA HO
LAUREN M IGE
SCOTT K KANESHIRO
REID Y KAWAMOTO
ALEKSI LEE
KO EUN LEE
DARCY C MARUMOTO
TRAVIS K MORIMOTO
CLAY K OZAKI-TRAIN
YUEQIAO QU
BRAXTON D SATO
CHERISSE L SEN
DUSTIN E SINGER
ALLISON D STITHAM
AARON K SUZUKA
ANNALYSE M TAMASHIRO
ALY T WEE
LAUREN A WEISS
NASH A WITTEN
The Treasury Department hopes these honors will inspire other students and teachers to focus on financial education.
The President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy has recommended that Treasury offer the Challenge as a means of reinforcing the many financial education programs currently available for high school students.
