Ms. Ellen Schweitzer shares that three of eight teams advanced in the New York State Economics Challenge.On Sunday, April 7th Stuyvesant won 1st AND 2nd Place!
The Fed Challenge team performed very well at the preliminary round, and was invited to compete for the last rounds of the competition at the NY Federal Reserve bank on April 16th.
The team members are:
Cathy Cai
Leo Fleissig
Dylan Kim
Crystal Wang
Joshua Weiner
Three Economics Challenge teams from Stuyvesant advanced from the preliminary round to the NY State Finals and competed on April 7th at Hunter College against teams from Bethlehem High School (Delmar, NY), Hunter College High School, New Rochelle High School, and Manhasset High School. The three teams placed 1st, 2nd, and 5th place in NY State. The first place team will be competing in the national semifinals on April 17th.
The team members are:
1st place team:
Nishmi Abeyweera
Kenson Li
Matthew Rabinowitz
Crystal Wang
2nd place team:
Daniel Gelfand
Yeonho Jang
Sebastian Vergara
Jerry Ye
5th place team:
Adil Gondol
Daniel Gurvich
Tahmid Jamal
Andrew Lu
The first photo is the first place team, and the second photo is the second place team. (photos courtesy of Ms. Schweitzer)
