Latest Happenings at NCCEE

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Twelfth Grader Places 1st in NC in InvestWrite® Competition

May 20, 2024

Twelfth Grader Graham Mills Places 1st in North Carolina in the SIFMA Foundation’s Fall 2023 National InvestWrite® Competition. InvestWrite® is a national writing competition offered exclusively to teachers and 4th-12th grade students participating in The Stock Market Game™. Read the full press release here.

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NC Seventh Grader Places 7th Nationally in InvestWrite® Competition

May 20, 2024

Seventh Grader Saahithi Kotha Places 7th Nationally in the SIFMA Foundation’s Fall 2023 National InvestWrite® Competition. InvestWrite® is a national writing competition offered exclusively to teachers and 4th-12th grade students participating in The Stock Market Game™. Read the full press release here.

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Fourth Grader Places 1st in NC in InvestWrite® Competition

May 20, 2024

Fourth Grader Kate Rominger Places 1st in North Carolina in the SIFMA Foundation’s Fall 2023 National InvestWrite® Competition. InvestWrite® is a national writing competition offered exclusively to teachers and 4th-12th grade students participating in The Stock Market Game™. Read the full press release here.

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NCCEE Congratulates All Who Participated in This Year’s Academic Competitions

May 6, 2024

After the 2023-2024 academic competitions wrapped up, NCCEE congratulated everyone who participated by hosting awards banquets for the Eastern and Western student team divisions of North Carolina. The ceremonies included speeches from NCCEE board members and the Executive Director, Sandy Wheat, thanking students, families and teachers for their time. Awards were given out to winning […]

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NCCEE Celebrates Financial Literacy Month with an Abundance of Family Financial Fun Nights

April 30, 2024

This Financial Literacy Month, NCCEE hosted 4 Family Financial Fun Nights that drew more than 600 parents and students. Family Financial Fun Nights get kids and their families talking about personal finance concepts, planting seeds for the future of students’ overall financial preparedness. Volunteers facilitate conversation through fun, interactive activities and offer resources for children […]

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Congrats to the Stock Market Game Winners at North Henderson High School!

April 16, 2024

This year NC schools have had a great time participating in the Stock Market Game-in which students invest a hypothetical $100,000 in a real-time portfolio, competing against their peers across the state. This competition helps students to utilize technology to improve math scores and learn economic, financial, and business concepts all while building 21st century […]

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Another Successful Year of Invest in Girls

April 12, 2024

The Invest in Girls program had another fantastic year and wrapped up last Friday with a site visit at Fidelity Investments’ corporate office in Durham, NC. Invest in Girls is a CEE program that partners with high schools and financial institutions across the nation. Over this year, volunteers from Fidelity Investments came to five schools […]

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NCCEE’s Executive Director Worked with the Office of Governor Cooper to Insure that April was Declared Financial Literacy Month.

April 2, 2024

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Getting Families to Talk Finance All Across NC!

March 27, 2024

It’s been a successful couple of weeks of Family Financial Fun Nights at both North Hills Elementary School and Monticello-Brown Summit Elementary School! There were a total of 120 students and family members in attendance. At North Hills Elementary, activities were offered for K-2 students and their families, while over at Monticello-Brown Summit, activities ranged […]

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Family Financial Fun Night Came to Creech Road Elementary School

February 23, 2024

Family Financial Fun Night at Creech Road Elementary was a huge success! There was a turnout of 198 students and family members, and we had so much fun offering hands-on activities for grades K-5.  One station, called “Savings Fun”,  offered activities where students learned about and set savings goals. For example, students illustrated a gift […]

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