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Delaware 'Economics Challenge' winners selected 4:58 p.m., March 21, 2006--In a hard-fought competition, eight juniors and seniors from the Wilmington Charter School won first and second place in the Delaware State Economics Challenge held March 11 in Lerner Hall on the Newark campus. Irene Lee of Hockessin, Eliot Sun of Newark, Kyle Srivastava of Hockessin and Wang Liao of Wilmington took first place and Nathan Depenbusch of Camden-Wyoming, Christopher Lang of Newark, Christopher Moore of Newark and Karina Zhang of Wilmington won the second-place slot. The Economics Challenge is a college-bowl type contest for high school students working in teams that tests their knowledge of complex economic concepts and theories. Wilmington Charter now advances to the regional Economics Challenge to be held in Baltimore on April 23-24. Sponsored by the Goldman Sachs Foundation, the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE), the Delaware Council on Economic Education and UD's Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship, the challenge reaches its conclusion in New York City on May 21-22 with the final four--the winners of the east, midwest, heartland and west divisions. At stake are thousands of dollars in cash prizes in addition to all-expense-paid trips to New York City for the regional winners and their teacher advisers. National championship teams and their teachers receive a $3,000 U.S. Savings Bond and the runner-up teams and their teachers receive $1,500 bonds. Team trophies and individual medals will be given to all participants in the championship series. NCEE and Goldman Sachs Foundation created the competition in 2000 to promote student interest in economics, reinforce classroom instruction, advance academics and school spirit and reward scholarship. |
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