Financial Literacy Competition Winners

Congratulations to the student winners!

We are excited to publicly announce the results of the May 2024 Financial Literacy Competition. We hosted 1062 students and 65 different schools from Ontario and across Canada. Thank you to the teachers at these schools who made this opportunity possible and the students who took on the challenge! Grades 9 and 10 students competed in our Junior Competition and Grades 11 and 12 students competed in our Senior Competition. Congratulations to all participants!

A special congratulations to our top performers, Pratheish Rahukulan (Junior grand prize recipient) and Baran Nasiri (Senior grand prize recipient) for your first-place finish. They will received $750 to be put in an RESP for their post-secondary education. We also recognized the top 10 students in each grade level. Each honour roll recipient received a $75 gift card.

Below is our May 2024 Honour Roll:

Grade 9

Student	Placing	School	Teacher
Jay Verma	1	Markham District High School	Christina J Lovell
Kaitlyn Chan	2	Hillfield Strathallan College	Yvonne Reitmeier
Brandon Dong	3	Laurel Heights Secondary School	Anna Kucharczyk
Sidharth Sivakumar Nair	4	Eden High School	Rory Benson
Irtaza Qasim	5	Laurel Heights Secondary School	Anna Kucharczyk
Ben Lei	6	Markham District High School	Christina J Lovell
n/a	7	Laurel Heights Secondary School	Anna Kucharczyk
Xinyue Zhang	8	Havergal College	Wendy Hendry
Emma Quach	9	Dr GW Williams Secondary School	Nivia Talarico
Chiranth Gogula	10	Laurel Heights Secondary School	Anna Kucharczyk

Grade 10

Student	Placing	School	Teacher
Pratheish Rahukulan	1	Markville Secondary School	Nancy Kaczor
Shailan Fernandes	2	John Fraser Secondary School	Shirley O'Donnell
Daniel Houston	3	Markville Secondary School	Nancy Kaczor
n/a	4	O'Neill CVI	M Michelle Terry-Bentson
Harjot Dhamrait	5	Sandalwood Heights Secondary School	Raman Lotey
Liam Carbone	6	Bishop Allen Academy	Monica Salvador
Benny Zheng	7	Markville Secondary School	Nancy Kaczor
Tianhua Fu	8	Earl Haig Secondary School	Robert Allan
Chris Huang	9	John Fraser Secondary School	Shirley O'Donnell
Jayen Sastri	10	Markville Secondary School	Tara Man

Grade 11

Student	Placing	School	Teacher
Baran Nasiri	1	Eden High School	Rory Benson
Declan McLaughlin	2	Royal St. George's College	Rickesh Kotecha
Casper Chensee-Wang	3	n/a	n/a
Huda Bhayani	4	Markham District High School	Christina J Lovell
Brianna Liang	5	Cameron Heights CI	Jamie Randall
Rithik Singh	6	St. Marcellinus Catholic Secondary School	Cristina Katipunan
Loyd Gebreselassie	7	Cameron Heights CI	Jamie Randall
Muhammad Ayan Khan	8	Bishop Reding Catholic Secondary School	Anita Sicard
Zhengqin Luo	9	Earl Haig Secondary School	Robert Allan
Joyel Han	10	Dr GW Williams Secondary School	Nivia Talarico

Grade 12

Student	Placing	School	Teacher
Adam Israel	1	York Mills Ic	Vanessa Yoon
Solomon Ruan	2	York Mills Ic	Vanessa Yoon
Justin Wei	3	Marc Garneau CI	Eunice Kim
Chloe Fiona Fong	3	St. Augustine CHS	Patricia Brizzi
Aarav Singh	5	Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School	Don Thody
Rishit Gelra	6	Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School	Don Thody
Ahtesham Ul Haq	7	Town Centre Private Schools	Craig Fisher
n/a	8	Hillfield Strathallan College	Yvonne Reitmeier
Vani Grover	9	Jean Augustine Secondary School	Audrey Hogarth
Grace Pu	10	Marc Garneau CI	Eunice Kim

The top performing schools and recipients of $500 for financial literacy resources for the classroom are:

1^st place – John Fraser Secondary School (Teacher: Shirley O'Donnell)
2^nd place – Markville Secondary School (Teacher: Nathan Shrubsole)
3^rd place – Hillfield Strathallan College (Teacher: Yvonne Reitmeier)

Congratulations to all our participants! Thanks to Sagen™ for making these generous prizes possible.