82R26166 JGH-D
By: Margo H.R. No. 2114
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Students from Franklin High School in El Paso took
first place in the 2011 Stock Market Game Legislative Challenge
sponsored by the Texas Council on Economic Education; and
WHEREAS, The Stock Market Game online investing simulation
was created by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets
Association Foundation to help the nation's students learn how
markets work and how to manage their personal finances; and
WHEREAS, Administered in Texas by the TCEE, the Stock Market
Game allows students to apply their math, social studies, language,
and critical thinking skills and invest a hypothetical $100,000 in
real stocks, bonds, and mutual funds; the Legislative Challenge
invites one team from each of the legislative districts in Texas to
compete to increase the value of their virtual online investment
trading account over a period of 10 weeks; and
WHEREAS, Franklin High School students won the competition
with a seven percent gain in the value of their portfolio; the team
consists of five members, including senior Maddison Kahner Dowdy,
senior Alejandro Marquez, senior Mariana Villanueva, junior
Natalie Felsen, and junior Katherine Nielson, and it was supported
by faculty adviser Carl McCaig; and
WHEREAS, Through hard work, talent, and discipline, these
outstanding young people gained valuable insight into the workings
of the financial world and earned distinction for themselves and
their school; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Maddison Kahner Dowdy, Alejandro
Marquez, Mariana Villanueva, Natalie Felsen, and Katherine Nielson
from Franklin High School in El Paso on their first-place finish in
the Stock Market Game Legislative Challenge sponsored by the Texas
Council on Economic Education, and extend to them sincere best
wishes for continued success in all of their endeavors; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.