Marshall Green, a fourth-grade student at Broad Ford Elementary, was selected as one of 20 winners from across the state of Maryland for the Maryland Council on Economic Education poster contest “A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words.” The subject of Marshall’s poster was taxes.
The Maryland Council on Economic Education sponsors an annual poster contest for Maryland students in grades K through 8 to help teachers stimulate interest in learning basic economic & personal finance concepts. Students are given the opportunity to creatively demonstrate their understanding of one of the following economic concepts: scarcity; natural, human, and capital resources; opportunity cost; producers and consumers; goods and services; or personal finance concepts: savings & investing, taxes, markets, sources of income, and philanthropy.
He will be awarded a $50 prize, a medal, a certificate, and a copy of his work.
