Weymouth HS Students Participate in Stock Market Challenge

The Stock Market soared last week when Junior Achievement of Northern New England brought its annual Stock Market Challenge to One Lincoln Street in Boston, offering students from throughout the region a unique, hands-on opportunity to learn how the market operates by investing and trading stocks as if they were managing accounts on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

In a fast-paced simulation of a 60-day stock trading period, teams of students from high schools throughout eastern Massachusetts participated with $500,000 of play money, battling each other to buy and sell stocks to create the portfolio with the highest net worth.

Several students from Weymouth High School participated in the event and one team placed third in the competition.

The Stock Market Challenge raised funds critical to Junior Achievement of Northern New England and its goal of teaching kids about financial literacy, workforce readiness, and entrepreneurship.

“Junior Achievement of Northern New England was thrilled to host this hallmark event for the 7^th year in a row,” said Emily Neill, President of Junior Achievement of Northern New England. “Local high school students were given the opportunity to experience first-hand what it’s like to invest in the stock market for a day.  Real-life lessons were learned about how quickly the market can climb and fall, and students left the event better-informed about this volatile industry.”

-Junior Achievement of Northern New England