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KEARNEY — Three Kearney High School students came in third place in the western Nebraska region and 17th place overall in the state competition for personal finance.
The students, sophomore Gus Phye, freshman Brandy Wroblewski and sophomore Jacob Sindt, qualified to compete in the state competition in April.
Wroblewski
The Nebraska Personal Finance Challenge was sponsored by the University of Nebraska at Kearney and the Nebraska Council on Economic Education. There were 226 teams in the high school division: 97 in Lincoln, 58 in Omaha, and 111 in western Nebraska.
The State Finals competition will be held simultaneously, in person, in Lincoln, Omaha and Kearney, and it will give away $7,000 in prizes. The winning national team will participate in a national competition.
Steinbrook
“The challenge helped students demonstrate their knowledge of personal finance by connecting with other students across the state and measuring their scores and knowledge in an online contest,” said teacher Scott Steinbrook. “Helping students gain an understanding of topics such as budgeting, saving, investing, financing higher education, and finding careers is such an important conversation to have with high school students to help them preparing for life after high school.”
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Freshman Brady Wroblewski said, “Learning about personal finance is important because later in life, when I’m on my own, I’ll better understand how to manage my money and make good financial decisions.”
For more information, follow the link to the Nebraska Personal Finance Challenge website at https://financechallenge.unl.edu/Nebraska.