SHELBY COUNTY, AL – A team from Oak Mountain High School is competing in the national championships this Friday in the Council for Economic Education’s 10th Annual National Personal Finance Challenge. The Oak Mountain state championship team will square off against 19 other teams from around the United States.
The competition, held at at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business, is designed to show not just what the students have learned, but also demonstrate the importance of teaching essential financial skills in high school – everything from saving and investing and financial planning to filing taxes as well as preparing for college, career and handling the cost of living.
The Oak Mountain team is led by teacher Paula Hughes.
