Money Stuff Challenge
In 2004, Year 10 Commerce and Civics
and Industry and Enterprise students, with the help of their teachers; Ms M Bridges, Ms
L Gerbing and Mrs L White, entered
the Money Stuff Challenge sponsored by
The Ministry of Finance and Consumer Affairs and Apple Computers Australia. Our students won many of the awards in the
best individual and best group
categories.
The Minister for Finance and Consumer Affairs, Mr John Lenders, announced and presented the awards at a ceremony in the College Library on Friday, 5 November 2004. A representative from Apple Computers Australia, Mr Joe Cox, assisted in the presentation. Ms Kirstie Marshall MLA for Forest Hill also attended the ceremony.
Our students performed magnificently, received 9 of the awards including Winner and Runner up in the individual awards. A total of 23 Vermont students contributed individual entries and 14 teams contributed group entries. All participants received a certificate. The students also won for the school a new G5 iMac Computer and a Canon digital video camera. A representative from the Minister’s office said that the quality of individual and group entries from Vermont SC students was outstanding.
Congratulations to the following students who received awards:
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Winner
Matthew S – board game on credit
Runner up
Emilia M – poster on buying a
mobile phone
Highly commended
Stephanie R - board game on buying a
mobile phone
Frances B – webpage on budgeting
Aidan S – webpage on mobile phones
Commended
Kristine P – poster on buying a used car
GROUP AWARDS
Highly commended
Katie D and Arzoo S – calendar on consumer
rights
Commended
Lisa Q and Kelly M – board game on
choosing a mobile phone
Sally P and Nicola T – board game
on renting a share house