For the second year running Byron Bay High School students are leading the nation in the ASX Schools Sharemarket Game. With this achievement has come an invitation from the ASX to ‘ring the bell’ at their annual financial literacy presentation.
Over the past four years Byron Bay High School has consistently entered a keen group of 80 to 100 student traders in the ASX Schools Sharemarket Game. This strong level of participation has reflected the school’s emphasis on financial literacy and the enthusiasm of students to develop their skills in trading shares.
In 2024, the school achieved unprecedented results, winning all three national prizes and the NSW prize for the ASX Schools Sharemarket Game, that delivered $2,750 in combined prize money for three students.
This year Byron Bay High School students are again at the very top of the national leaderboard, with several students occupying the highest rankings in the game, along with 20 other students who are also ranked in the top 100 traders in Australia and in NSW.
‘Ring the bell’
The school’s ongoing success has resulted in the school receiving an invitation to ‘ring the bell’ for financial literacy at the ASX in Sydney for a second year running. Teacher Dale Stevenson could not be prouder of the student share traders at Byron Bay High School.
‘With my experience as an ASX securities trader and Reserve Bank analyst, I have been entering students in the game since I became a teacher over 20 years ago. At Byron Bay High I have been able to deliver my knowledge, skills, and experience about the financial markets to the keenest group of student traders and even I have been surprised by the results they are achieving.’
‘The next stage in the journey is to organise our trip to the ASX, where there will be experts on hand to deliver a tour of the share market’. But, according to Mr Stevenson the highlight of the trip, without a doubt, will be the opportunity for students to ring the market bell.
‘The dream of many market enthusiasts is to ring the market bell and we feel very fortunate to have been given this opportunity for a second year in a row.’
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