The format may have changed due to COVID-19, but TruMark Financial Credit Union once again hosted its annual Financial Jeopardy competition on April 20 and awarded seven students scholarships totaling $10,800.
Prior to COVID, the credit union hosted a game-like competition with a 10×10 screen where participants were given clues focused on personal finance subjects, and the room was staged with podiums and buzzers, much like the television version of Jeopardy!.
To keep everyone comfortable and safe, the credit union opted to forgo having a large audience with students, parents and guests. Instead, students were given two scenarios and asked to write an essay recommending the best way to address the situations by applying their personal finance knowledge. In addition, there was a personal interview component via Zoom and a final Jeopardy question.
Edwin Santos, a senior at Northeast High School, walked away with first place, a $5,000 scholarship. He applied the personal finance concepts he learned, made good recommendations and offered several options to address the situations.
Though Bensalem High School’s Tom Khmil didn’t place in the top three, he was awarded a $200 credit union savings account by TruMark. Khmil plans to attend Temple University in the fall.
