Newsletter │Volume 3│ 2024 |
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NCEE leads a statewide initiative advancing economic and financial literacy. |
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Thank you all for another great school year! |
Thank you to all the students, teachers, and community members for another great year!
In the 2023-2024 school year over 6,600 students competed in the Stock Market Game, Economics Challenge, and Finance Challenge. Thank you Nebraska Students and Educators for challenging yourselves to compete.
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May is a month of giving for Lincoln and we are proud to call Lincoln our home base. Already this year we reached over 16,000 Nebraskans with over 110,000 contact hours of good economic and financial literacy education. Please consider donating to NCEE to help us spread our mission to even more people in the upcoming year! Every year we work with hundreds of Nebraska educators. Every teacher we reach spreads their knowledge to HUNDREDS of students each year. The multiplier effect is the best investment of your scarce resources to reach the most students across the state. |
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Personal Finance Challenge |
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The Finance Challenge State Finals tasks students with working as a team to create a financial plan for our hypothetical family. The team has two hours to work before presenting their plans to our expert judges. Over 2,200 students participated in the preliminary rounds of the competition. The team from Ravenna earned the top spot and represented Nebraska at the national competition held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. |
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Adam Smith Champion
Millard North High School
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David Ricardo Champion
Waverly High School
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Every year, NCEE hosts the Economics Challenge, which is an opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge of economics by competing, in two divisions, with other students across the state in an online competition. The top-scoring teams are invited to the state championships where they must further demonstrate their economic prowess to be named the state champion team and represent Nebraska at the national level. We had 1250 students participate. Millard North and Waverly earned top spots and competed in the national competition. |
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Stock Market Game Banquet |
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Guest Speaker
Tony Veland
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Overall State Champion:
Seward High School
Teacher: Wade Miller
Amount: $135,538
High School Division:
1st Place Fall: Lincoln Northeast
Teacher: Jeff Fagler
Amount: $117,653
1st Place Spring: Seward High School
Teacher: Wade Miller
Amount: $135,538
Middle School Division:
1st Place Fall: Moore Middle, Lincoln
Teacher: Ashley Huppert
Amount: $112,202
1st Place Spring: Arlington Public Schools
Teacher: Shawna Koger
Amount: $114,585
Elementary Division
1st Place Spring: St. John Lutheran, Seward
Amount: $117,147
Teacher: Beth Einspahr
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Invest Write Winner
Student: Violet Tran
Teacher: Taylor Grennan
School: Omaha Central High School
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T-Shirt Design Winner
Student: Brenna Dorathy
Teacher: Beth Einspahr
School: St John Lutheran School, Seward
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Charter West of Pender elementary student tellers |
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Cornerstone of York elementary student tellers |
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Dr. Jennifer Davidson received a Nebraska Admiralship. |
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Shawna Koger from Arlington Public Schools received a Nebraska Admiralship. |
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On April 4, we participated in the press conference and proclamation signing where Governor Pillen officially declared April as Financial Awareness Month. Over 60 student tellers from several of our In School Savings Programs attended the proclamation, participated in a tour of the Capitol and visited the Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance office for some engaging financial activities. |
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This is Not Financial Advice Movie Screening
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The Nebraska Council in partnership with Optimist Films and FINRA hosted 4 showings of the award-winning documentary, This is NOT Financial Advice. Showings were held with students from UNK, UNL, UNO and Southeast Community College. Hundreds of college students attended and were treated to not only a showing of the film but also a panel discussion with incredible experts and one of the film's directors.
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NCEE teamed up with the York Young Professionals Network and the Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild to host Econ By the Pint. Members of the York community were treated to a night of food, local craft beer, fun and interactive lessons in Economics. |
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Stellar Teller Day: Omaha |
The amazing Omaha Fed hosted us to recognize some of our best student tellers from around the state. We had over 120 tellers in attendance. They were treated to a talk from Nate Kauffman, Senior Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of KC. Then they learned about the security features of money with Erin Redemske, Director of Public Affairs of the Federal Reserve, Omaha Branch. Lindsay Tillinghast, UNL Center Director, used the Bean Game to get students thinking about their budgets. Matt Pierson then led them in some teller races challenging speed and accuracy of counting coins. We ended with each branch selecting one teller to recognize as their stellar teller for the year. |
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Stellar Teller Day: Kearney |
Nationally known author of over 125 children's books, Julia Cook, presented her newest book I am Money to the Kearney student tellers. Students were engaged in a lively reading of the book including activities! Each student
left with a signed copy of the book. The day concluded with Teller Races and each branch presenting their star teller for the year! Our President, Jennifer Davidson, and UNK
Center Director Alyse Pflanz hosted the day.
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Career-Readiness and Dual-Credit Education Grants |
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Nebraska has grants available for teachers in career and technical education and/or dual enrollment. Applications will open on May 1 and close on June 15. UNO’s Graduate Certificate in Economic Education is an available teacher education pathway. Detailed information about these programs are linked below. |
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Thank you to our sponsors! |
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Please join us in our mission to create opportunities for economic and financial education throughout Nebraska. Let's set up a time to talk about how we can work together. |
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