Personal Finance Challenge

State Championship: April 10, 2025

The Mississippi Personal Finance Challenge is designed to recognize students who demonstrate high levels of demonstrated personal finance skills and reward teachers for outstanding practices in teaching personal finance curriculum. Financial Literacy is a skill needed for success in the global workplace. Teachers of economics, business, marketing, personal finance, and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) are urged to participate in the on-line Personal Finance Challenge, however, all high school and middle school teachers are welcome. There are no registration fees and no team limits so this makes a great class activity.

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**2024-2025 Qualifying Round Dates**

Online Qualifying Round 1: October 7-18, 2024
Online Qualifying Round 2: December 2-13, 2024
Online Qualifying Round 3: March 3-14, 2025
State Championship: April 10, 2025; Jackson, MS

Personal Finance Challenge Timeline

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Teachers register your students in teams of 3-4. It's FREE so sign up all of your classes! Hint: Teams of 4 have a drop score.

TAKE THE TEST

Students have 3 opportunities to test. While testing in only one round is required, they can test in all 3 rounds! Testing only takes about 30 minutes

CHECK STUDENT SCORES

Teachers can log in and download students' individual scores making this a great extra credit activity! Scores are out of a possible 300 points.

MARCH 2025

MCEE will compile scores from all 3 Qualifying Rounds and announce the teams that have qualified for the State Championship!

Looking for classroom resources to help prepare your students to compete in this fun competition? Look no further!

Access Free Resources Here

For the first time, in 2024 this event was held at Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) and the Quiz Bowl round was filmed for airing on MPB.

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1,856

Mississippi Students participated in the 2023-2024 School Year

$13,000

College Scholarships Awarded to Mississippi Students