Contact: Margaret Schauer For Immediate Release
Kentucky Council on Economic Education
(502) 267-3570
January 22, 2007
Fairdale High School’s Future Stockbrokers to Showcase Knowledge Gained from the Kentucky Council on Economic Education’s Stock Market Game Online Simulation
Louisville, Kentucky – On Thursday, January 25, 2007,twoclasses of fifty students from Fairdale High SchoolMagnet Career Academy will present what they learned as participants in the fall 2006 Stock Market Gameonline simulation. The event will take place during first and third periods: 7:40 a.m. through 8:30 a.m., and 9:25 a.m. through 10:20 a.m., at Fairdale High School Magnet Career Academy, located at 1001 Fairdale Road, Fairdale, KY.
The fall 2006 teams were under the guidance of Algebra I and II teacher Andrew Gray. Made up of groups of three and four students, the teams will present their stock market knowledge at the school’s media center with group Power Point presentations,research papers written for the project as well as research documentation.
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The Stock Market Game simulation enabled Gray to help his students connect mathematics to the study of economic concepts.
“Students mastered economic vocabulary and math concepts in relation to their investment portfolios,” Gray explains. “Students used the computer lab to track and research their investments … In addition, students connected their experience in cooperative groups to individual writing portfolio pieces.All of this work helped students reach a greater understanding of the stock market and mathematics in a real world setting. This is a program I would recommend for all teachers wanting to help students reach a greater understanding of these concepts.”
The nationally-known Stock Market Game simulation, offered by the Kentucky Council on Economic Education (KCEE) and sponsored by Hilliard Lyons, requires students to enroll in teams and manage a simulated investment portfolio for 15 weeks. Starting with a virtual cash account of $100,000, students strive to create the best-performing portfolio using a live-Internet trading simulation.
Students research and evaluate national companies with the Stock Market Game.Students also analyze stock data and make investment decisions
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based on what they’ve learned.They work together in teams, developing leadership, organization, negotiation, and cooperation skills as they compete for the top ranking on portfolio equity.
About the Kentucky Council on Economic Education
The Kentucky Council on Economic Education, a 501 © (3) nonprofit, is an affiliate member of the National Council on Economic Education, a nationwide network that leads in promoting economic literacy with students and their teachers. KCEE's mission is to champion the teaching and learning of economics with academic integrity, responsiveness and creativity. During its 32-year history as the leader in economic education in Kentucky, KCEE-engaged economic educators have ensured the delivery of economics and financial literacy to more than one million Kentucky students. KCEE is the only organization in Kentucky that promotes economic literacy by engaging teachers to teach the fourth “R” – real life economics. For more information about KCEE programs and services, visit or call Jan Mester, President, at 1-800 – I – DO - ECON.
About the Stock Market Game™
The Stock Market Game™ is a trademark of the Foundation for Investor Education, a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing and providing learning resources for investors of all ages, raising the level of investor awareness in the U.S., supporting research programs, and advocating the advancement of investor education. For more information visit
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