Financial Literacy Competition Winners

Congratulations to the student winners!

We are excited to publicly announce the results of the May 2025 Financial Literacy Competition. We hosted over 1100 students, over 70 teachers, 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, Craig Vishwesh (Junior grand prize recipient) and AbdurRahman Ahmed (Senior grand prize recipient) for your first-place finish. Craig and AbdurRahman 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 2025 Honour Roll:

Grade 9

Student	Placing	School	Teacher
Alexis Icasas	1	Peel Virtual SS	Dianne Fitzpatrick
Shreevidya Shashikanth	2	Sinclair Secondary School	Kristie Lee
Tom Wang	3	Laurel Heights Secondary School	Anna Kucharczyk
Shanmukha Penugonda	4	Laurel Heights Secondary School	Anna Kucharczyk
Isaac Rwothomiyo	5	Kitchener CI	Adam Smit
Zainab Farooq	6	St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Secondary	Matthew Aslett
William Liao	7	Bayview Secondary School	Lydia Young
Kristen Tong	8	The Bishop Strachan School	Alex Sayers
Gabriel Elizarov	9	Laurel Heights Secondary School	Anna Kucharczyk
Dhruv Nair	10	St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Secondary	Matthew Aslett

Grade 10

Student	Placing	School	Teacher
Craig Vishwesh	1 (Top performer)	Unionville High School	Mathew Himelson
Taimur Rasheed	2	Bluevale Collegiate Institute	Jessica Nowak
Mithra H. Chothia	3	White Oaks Secondary School	Dianne Fitzpatrick
Andres Boza Sanchez	4	Milton District High School	Chandni Chaudhary
n/a	5	Milton District High School	Chandni Chaudhary
n/a	6	Richview Collegiate Institute	Georgia Markakos
Armaandeep Singh	6	Bluevale Collegiate Institute	Jessica Nowak
Alex Wang	6	White Oaks Secondary School	Faaria Siddiqui
Vihaan Shahi	9	Bluevale Collegiate Institute	Jessica Nowak
Ritvik Srirangam	9	Milton District High School	Chandni Chaudhary

Grade 11

Student	Placing	School	Teacher
AbdurRahman Ahmed	1	White Oaks Secondary School	Faaria Siddiqui
Saaiq Idris	2	Turner Fenton Secondary School	Eunjung Ko
Isha Anand	3	Abbey Park High School	Dana Maser
Nikhil Mehta	3	Earl Haig Secondary School	Wayne Nguyen
Serhat Demirci	5	Nile Academy	Michael Kaszowski
Josh Price	6	Bluevale Collegiate Institute	Jessica Nowak
Jadon Brown	7	Bluevale Collegiate Institute	Jessica Nowak
Ehan Rahman	8	David & Mary Thomson CI	Malisa Mashud
n/a	9	St. Marcellinus CSS	Justus Villella
Fatima Zahoor	10	Nile Academy	Michael Kaszowski

Grade 12

Student	Placing	School	Teacher
Bhavik Bajaj	1	White Oaks Secondary School	Faaria Siddiqui
n/a	2	n/a	n/a
Priyansh Sharma	3	Turner Fenton Secondary School	Eunjung Ko
Hamza Younas	4	St. Marcellinus CSS	Justus Villella
Shibashish Das	5	Danforth Collegiate & Technical Institute	Steven Bhairo
Laura McKeown	6	Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School	Don Thody
Priyen Jobanputra	7	Laurel Heights Secondary School	Joshua Alexander
Muhammad Affan Azmat	8	White Oaks Secondary School	Faaria Siddiqui
Francis Hinnah	9	Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School	Don Thody
Wing Nam Chu	10	Unionville High School	Mathew Himelson

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

1^st place – Turner Fenton Secondary School (Teacher: Eunjung Ko)
2^nd place – White Oaks Secondary School (Teacher: Faaria Siddiqui)
3^rd place – Unionville High School (Teacher: Mathew Himelson)

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