- Public Notices Students take stock in program What would
happen if a fifth grader had one million dollars and was
instructed to invest in stocks? Rick Bell’s 29 students will
find out how they do over the next 10 weeks, although they will
be using fictitious money. The fifth graders at Falcon Ridge
Elementary School in New Prague began the stock market program
on Tuesday, Feb. 26. Bell explained the exercise is an extension
for his students’ math curriculum. To help them understand about
the stock market, John McFarland of Ameriprise Financial in New
Prague spoke to the students on February 26. Using websites such
as www.freestockcharts.com and Yahoo Finance he showed how
stocks on Dow Jones and for Target and Chart Industries go up
and down. He explained that when stocks are down is a good time
to invest and when up is a good time to sell the stocks. He
encouraged the students to try things on their own during the
10-week period. During that time, each student gets a "mythical
one million dollars" for thei