2021 Governor’s Economics and Personal Finance Challenge

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Results from the 2021 Governor’s Economic Challenge & Personal Finance Challenges.  MLWGS took regionals in the Adam Smith Division and regional AND state in the David Ricardo Division.  This state team will move on to compete in the national challenge soon.  

These students all prepare together, on their own time, and worked very hard. Congratulations, Dragons!

VIRGINIA STATE WINNER IN THE DAVID RICARDO DIVISION

Maggie Walker Governor’s School, Teacher: Allison Anthony

*Students: Anshul Chiranth, Carson Wang, Aaron Wang, Shreyas Muthusamy

DAVID RICARDO REGIONAL RESULTS 

DOE Region #1 Winner Maggie Walker Governor’s School

Teacher: Allison Anthony (*Same students as above)

ADAM SMITH DIVISION RESULTS 

VDOE  Region #1 Winner: Maggie Walker Governor’s School

Teacher: Allison Anthony

Students: Abhay Duggirala, Michael Kish, Ronit Jain, Sam Lichtman

 

MLWGS also did well in the personal finance division and has 2 groups moving forward in that competition as well.

Personal Finance Challenge

VDOE Regional Winners: (Invited to participate in the Case Study Round)

DOE Region #1 Winner: Maggie Walker Governor’s School

Teacher: Allison Anthony

Students: Pooja Muthuraj, Sam McNamee, Anmol Mital, Vishnoy Vadakkancheri

OTHER HIGH SCORING TEAMS (Invited to participate in the Case Study Round)

Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School, Teacher: Allison Anthony

Students: Kapil Iyer, Adriel Barretto, Isabella Lee, Eric Hamilton

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