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New in 2010
-Middle School (Junior Varsity) Division added
-State Finals moved to Wichita State University
-High School (Varsity) division winners will advance to an in-person National competition - travel provided!

*Please scroll down for more information on the 2010 competition.

2009 Winners

Congratulations to Haven High School (1st Place) and Maize High School (2nd Place)!

Haven High School, Vicki Galloway - Coach
Shown with Jodi Feist, Capitol Federal, & Jim Graham, KCEE

The following schools competed in the Kansas Personal Finance Challenge in-person competition in April 2009:

Attention Middle and High School Teachers!

Do you teach personal finance?  Is personal finance integrated into your class materials? 

Give your students a chance to demonstrate their knowledge of personal finance in a fun and rewarding way!  The Kansas Personal Finance Challenge begins with an online competition and concludes with an in-person state competition for top online teams.  NO PARTICIPATION FEES!  It's free!

Click below to get started with the

Online Personal Finance Challenge!

NO COST TO KANSAS SCHOOLS

Teacher registration is available online now!

Testing Window: preliminary online tests must be completed between March 24 to April 7

Each student on your team individually completes a 30-question test. 
All team members must complete the test within 3 hours.

Test Results are kept confidential

April 21, 2010 (Wednesday) - State in-person competition

for top online high school and middle school teams -
located at Wichita State University in the Rhatigan Student Center Ballroom

May 20, 2010 - National in-person competition for High School division only -

located at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

(funding provided for hotel & travel)

Top teams from the online competitions will be invited to compete in an in-person competition to determine the Kansas Champions in the middle & high school divisions. An unlimited number of teams may participate in the online competition; however, a maximum of two teams per school will be invited to advance to the state in-person competition. Each school will be able to select which 2 of its qualifying teams will compete at state.

NEW for 2010 - Middle School teams can now compete!

NEW for 2010 - Kansas Champions from the High School Division will go on to represent Kansas at a Mid Regions National Competition.  Hotel will be provided and team will receive funding for transportation.

To view more details and rules please see the Kansas page on www.financechallenge.org
 

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  2010 Sponsors:

 

Thanks to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City for providing state trophies and hosting the 2010 National Competition.  Thanks to Wells Fargo Advisors for sponsoring the National Competition.