Financial Literacy Competition Winners

Congratulations to the student winners!

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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:

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

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