1. Welcome to the New Hampshire Stock Market Game 2016 Awards Ceremony Wednesday, May 18, 2016

2. Opening Remarks:
Jim Ford, Maine, New Hampshire SMG Coordinator 
Elizabeth Reidel, Vice President, National Director SIFMA Foundation 
Shannon K. Sullivan, Community Relations Manager , New Hampshire Union Leader
Christina Cuzzi, Manager Community Relations, Fidelity Investments 

3. Today’s Speakers:
Alexander Macina – Director, Portfolio Advisory Services, Financial Consultant, Fidelity Investments
Jon Bernasconi – Senior Portfolio Specialist, Portfolio Advisory Services, Fidelity Investments

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$101, $108, $105,000.

5. Elementary School Division
Fall 2015
Elementary School Division
Second Place
School: Sandown North Elementary School, Sandown
Equity: $104,168.67
Advisor: Mr. David Ciarla
Team Members: Katelyn Cochrane, Alison McGonagle, Kaitlyn Reynolds
Now to honor the students and teachers for their hard work! Again this year, we offered multiple game windows during the Fall and Spring semesters allowing teachers to select the time frame that best fits with their schedule. So, in terms of the awards, we will start with the Elementary Division, then the Middle School Division, and then the High School Division. We will present the InvestWrite Awards at the end of the program. We’ll present the second place teams their awards first, and then on to the first place teams who will briefly discuss their investment strategy.
I ask that teachers come up to the podium to introduce their students and briefly mention their involvement in the program (what class used the program, how it was perceived, etc).
As for prizes, we are providing SMG bags for all teams, and first place teams will also receive medals along with an SMG banner to be displayed in the school to commemorate their success.
Now on to the awards.
56 elementary teams across the state competed in the Fall 2012 session. Our top two teams are from Fort Fairfield Elementary School.

6. Elementary School Division
Fall 2015
Elementary School Division
First Place
School: Sandown North Elementary School, Sandown
Equity: $104,290.62
Advisor: Mr. David Ciarla
Team Members: Parker Landry, Charles Pascoe, Mathew Conte, Joshua Boucher
Onto our first place team which finished with $109, We will hear from both Shaun Story and Kelsey Chapman as they discuss their team’s investment strategy.

7. Elementary School Division
Spring 2016
Elementary School Division
Second Place
School: Hanover Street Elementary, School, Lebanon
Equity: $105,333.87
Advisor: Ms.Laurel Pollard
Team Members: Sophia Mladek, Meghanne Cheevers, Hannah Giguere, Isabel Chrim
On to the Spring semester. We had a total of 63 teams compete in this division across the state and the top two spots belong to Jordan-Small Middle School.

8. Elementary School Division
Spring 2016
Elementary School Division
First Place
School: Hanover Street Elementary School, Lebanon
Equity: $105,738.97
Advisor: Ms. Laurel Pollard
Team Members: Gwyneth McGee, Gabriella Pierce, Ashlyn McClellan, Sayan Bhattacharya
Moving on to the first place team which finished with $120, We will hear from Hayden Dearing discussing the teams investing secrets.

9. Elementary School Division
Year-Long
Elementary School Division
Second Place
School: Hampstead Academy, Hampstead
Equity: $107,814.48
Advisor: Ms.Cecelia Carroll
Team Members: Marco Dos Santos
Moving onto the year-long session and again Jordan Small Middle School dominated the top two spots. During this session, we had 27 teams compete.

10. Elementary School Division
Year-Long
Elementary School Division
First Place
School: Nottingham West Elementary School, Hudson
Equity: $ 111,226.73
Advisor: Ms. Jennifer Vesey
Team Members: Samantha Boisvert, Matthew Ryan, Cassie Graves
And on to our first place team which finished with $133, We’ll hear from each member of the winning team.

11. Middle School Division
Fall 2015
Middle School Division
Second Place
School: St. Casimir School, Manchester
Equity: $113,565.00
Advisor: Ms. Judi Halbeck
Team Members: Latoch Leek, Jianna Lora-Salazar
Moving onto the middle school division. We had a total of 135 Teams compete in this session and the top two spots were secured by Piscataquis Community Middle School. In second place the team finished with $102, Rex Webb.

12. Middle School Division
Fall 2015
Middle School Division
First Place
School: Gilbert H. Hood Middle School, Derry
Equity: $114,819.27
Advisors: Mr. Rich Salcito & Mr. Bill Simmons
Team Members: Justin Spingel, JJ Messier
On to first place from the Fall semester: We’ll hear from Caitlin Patterson and Tylla Gosselin as they discuss their involvement in the program.

13. Middle School Division
Spring 2016
Middle School Division
Second Place
School: Chester Academy, Chester
Equity: $114,463.20
Advisor: Mr. Joseph Basso
Team Members: Diego Rubio, Kyle Zirn
One to the Spring semester which ran from late February to late April. We had a total of 225 teams compete in this session, but unfortunately Presque Isle was unable to attend today.

14. Middle School Division
Spring 2016
Middle School Division
First Place
School: Windham Middle School, Windham
Equity: $119,173.65
Advisor: Mr. Carl Boisver
Team Members: Ashley Sweeney, Sara Soti, Sydney Plant, Caroline LeBlanc
Back to Piscataquis which snagged the top spot again. Finishing the ten weeks with $112,108.27, we’ll hear from all three team members, Mikayla, Kristen, and Ashley.

15. Middle School Division
Year-Long Session
Middle School Division
Second Place
School: Belmont Middle School , Belmont
Equity: $117,004.54
Advisor: Ms. Karen Gingrich
Team Members: Iscon Welcome, Kendra McCarter, Lexy Reed, Zoie Scott
Moving onto the year-long session for the middle school division. This was another competitive session with 195 teams across the state competing in the program. Millonocket Middle School finished in second place and Heather Girsa will introduce her team.

16. Middle School Division
Year-Long Session
Middle School Division
First Place
School: Greenland Central School, Greenland
Equity: $119,524.99
Advisor: Ms. Lauren Teeden
Team Members: Robert Steedman
Now onto first place. There is not a typo with the team’s equity. We realize it is lower than the second place team’s, but the program uses a ranking based on a team’s performance against the S&P 500.
Lincoln Middle School finished first and we’ll hear from Tommy Joyce as he discusses his team’s strategy.

17. Fall 2015 High School Division Second Place
School: Nashua North High School, Nashua
Equity: $124,358.52
Advisor: Mr. Paul Pollard
Team Members: Benjamin Gingras
Moving onto the high School division. During the fall semester, we had 39 Teams compete and he had another strong showing from schools in Presque Isle, but unfortunately they were unable to attend.

18. Fall 2015 High School Division
First Place
School: Manchester Central High School, Manchester
Equity: $132,504.73
Advisor: Ms. Kara Bernard
Team Members: Joanna Bowden
Not coming

19. Fall 2015 Diversification Game Second Place
School: Alvirne High School, Hudson
Equity: $102,554.10
Advisor: Mr. Michael Lee
Team Members: Dakota Erwin, Dylan Brunelle, Caitlin Echevarria
In an effort to keep the program fresh and exciting for veteran teachers who participate year after year, we continued our Diversification Game this year. It worked exactly the same as the other sessions, but students needed to diversify their portfolios by investing in a combination of asset classes. At least two among the following: stocks, bonds, and/or mutual funds. This award will start the Oak Hill High School awards show as they will receive the bulk of the high school awards.

20. Fall 2015 Diversification Game First Place
School: Alvirne High School, Hudson
Equity: $104,908.88
Advisor: Mr. Michael Lee
Team Members: Brianna Orleans, Yuralis Paulino, Brandy Finnegan
On to first place from the Fall Diversification Game, we will hear from Emily Brill discuss the team’s involvement in the program.

21. Spring 2016 High School Division Second Place
School: Nashua North High School, Nashua
Equity: $147,645.95
Advisor: Mr. Paul Pollard
Team Members: Joseph Paige
Moving on to the Spring semester for the high school division, we had 87 teams compete during this session, but unfortunately our second place team from Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport was unable to attend.

22. Spring 2016 High School Division First Place
School: Nashua North High School, Nashua
Equity: $160,056.74
Advisor: Mr. Paul Pollard
Team Members: Ronnie Silva
Back to Oak Hill which snagged the top spot with $114, We’ll hear from Sarah Desjardins discuss the teams participation.

23. Spring 2016 Diversification Game Second Place
School: Alvirne High School, Hudson
Equity: $106,212.35
Advisor: Mr. Michael Lee
Team Members: Mike Earl, Justin Hudgins, Mark Krawczyk
The Diversification Game was again offered during the Spring semester, and again, Oak Hill dominated taking the top two spots…

24. Spring 2016 Diversification Game
First Place
School: Alvirne High School, Hudson
Equity: $107,549.90
Advisor: Mr. Michael Lee
Team Members: Chris Chesna, Mallory Floyd
Onto first place. We’ll hear from Brook Begany discuss the team’s investment strategy.

25. Year-Long Session High School Division
Second Place
School: Concord High School, Concord
Equity: $129,146.53
Advisor: Mr. William Crowley
Team Members: Thomas Gullage
Onto the year-long session which started early September and ran until the end of April. There were a total of 100 teams that competed in this session and both the second and first place teams had an incredible return on their investment.

26. Year-Long Session 2015-16 High School Division
First Place
School: Concord High School, Concord
Equity: $150,950.86
Advisor: Mr. William Crowley
Team Members: Kyle McDonough
Now for the first place team. Had the highest portfolio value of all of the teams I manage in New England with $200, We’ll hear from Patrick Austin as he tells us his team’s secrets!

27. InvestWrite Competition
Fall 2015
High School Division
InvestWrite Competition
National #2 Winner!
Student: Alexander Rhodes
School: Concord High School
Advisor: Mr. William Crowley
Now onto the high school InvestWrite competition. Close to 4,000 high school students across the country participated in the Fall and 1,550 made it to the final judging round. In ME, we had 21 high school essays making it to the final judging round.
The writing assignment included the following for our high school students: When making decisions about investing during The Stock Market Game, what are the five most important items you should research before buying a stock, bond or mutual fund? Choose an investment and explain how your research led you to select that investment based on your choice of one of the following:
1. Shorter term / Higher risk
2. Longer term / Lower risk
Given your current saving goals and using your research strategy, if you were making a “real world” investment, what percentage of your current portfolio would you place in this kind of investment and why?
Research tools Stephanie discussed included an evaluation of the safety of the investment, the potential rate of return, the liquidity of the money invested, the additional commissions of the investment, the tax status of the investment, and most importantly the diversification of the investment. These 5 criteria, led the student’s team to choose a moderately risky, diversified investment for the long term gain, which would ensure a financial backing derived from the Rule of 72, for retirement age. Investing in a mutual fund like Janus Balanced Fund, would be a beneficial investment. Looking at goals and strategies, the student would place some where around 30% of the investment into a mutual fund like Janus Balanced. The diversification allows growth, with less of risk.
I conducted a prize patrol up in Sabbatus earlier this semester to award Stephanie her prizes, but wanted to acknowledge her efforts here for writing such a great essay in the Fall.

28. Upcoming Summer 2016  Teacher SMG Sessions!  
* REGISTER Soon !!! 
* June 20 - July 8 
* July 11 - July 29
* July 18 - August 5 
* August 1 - August 19
* August 8 - August 26
 SMG FALL 2016 State Competitions
*Teachers Prep Sept  
*SMG State Year Long Competition
Sept. 6 - April 14, 2017
*SMG State Fall Ten Week Competition
Oct. 3 - Dec. 9
*Diversification Challenge TBA
*InvestWrite Fall Essay TBA

29. Thank you for coming to the New Hampshire Stock Market Game
2016 Awards Ceremony!
We’re at the conclusion of our program and I would like to take the opportunity to again congratulate all of the students and teachers for their hard-work and achievement during your participation in the SMG program.
As for next year, we will again offer a ten-week session during the Fall semester along with a year-long session. During the Spring semester we will be offering a ten-week session as well as a non-competitive Enrichment session – which is a great way to end the school year! Feel free to spread the word to other colleagues in your building.
I also encourage even more entries to our InvestWrite competition. The program is such a complement to The Stock Market Game program and serves as such a great culminating activity! Not to mention the great prizes the students can win!
  A couple of house keeping items – if there are any misspellings on students’ awards, please let me know and I will be sending you an shortly if students would like to writing thank you notes to encourage our funders to continue their generosity and keep the program at no cost.
We look forward to seeing everyone at our awards ceremony next year! Thanks for coming and have a wonderful summer!!