JCHS Student Places in Stock Market Simulation Contest

Joliet native Lizbeth Avilés volunteers through the Spanish Community Center to teach her Intro to Investing lessons at Joliet Central and West High School. She provides her expertise in a stock market simulation contest where students place real time stock orders online and compete with students all over the state.

Through this partnership, Miss Avilés kicked off thesecond year of the program in November 2019 and concluded in February 2020 with Steve Visser’s Orientation to Business class with 57 students (West) and Suzanne Haberkorn’s Personal Finance class with 48 students (Central).

Javier Reyes (Central Senior ‘2020) had no prior experience with stocks and dominated the contest with his extraordinary 36% portfolio return at the end of the 7 week program ranking him 1st in Joliet and 14th in the state.

Photo taken prior to COVID-19 School Closure