Tanzania reaches highest point at the summit!

As Economic Advisors representing Tanzania, students from San Clemente High School in Capistrano USD, Orange County, won first place with the top score of 143 points.

Uruguay's Economic Advisors, also from San Clemente High,
took 2nd place with a score of 127 points.
(hoping to get a photo of the Uruguay team)

Angola's Economic Advisors won 1st place for costumes ~ Paloma Valley High, Perris Union High School District, Riverside County

2nd place for costumes, the Economic Advisors for Romania
from Banning High School, Los Angeles USD

Economic Advisors for France from Belmont High, Los Angeles USD,
made the IES 100 Point Club

Economic Advisors for Greece from Banning High, Los Angeles USD,
made the IES 100 Point Club

Brazil's trade issue was voted into the trade debate round.

By the closing session, these students from El Segundo High, Los Angeles County, made the IES 100 Point Club

One of Belgium's Economic Advisors ~ Ayala High, Chino Valley USD, San Bernardino County

Mexico ~ Paloma Valley High, Riverside County

Economic Advisors for Vietnam present their trade issue and take questions before the voting session.
~ Huntington Beach High School, Orange County

Economic Advisors for Cambodia hail from Los Angeles High.

Ayala High's Economic Advisors for Ethiopia with their teacher Chris Kleibacker ~ San Bernardino County.

Summit Secretaries are the scoring judges that track points in the 19 scoring categories.
Some points are earned before the summit event when teams must submit and vote on trade issues, and turn in their import plan.

Our panel of volunteers was made up of our support team from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Franscisco, Comerica, USC students and staff, a guest student from El Segundo High, and a guest professor from the University of the Pacific.

Many, many thanks to our sponsors and volunteers who spent the day engaged with Economic Advisors!

Some pretty friendly bankers...

Teachers filled in for the Banking Session when Economic Advisors took out loans, paid tariffs, and purchased internal improvements.

In their strategic plan, Economic Advisors seek a balance of trade, deal with foreign aid, and must purchase internal improvements in health, education, and infrastructure to raise the standard of living.

Venezuela ~ Paloma Valley High, Riverside County

USC's Town & Gown ballroom hosted representatives from 63 countries.

Congratulations to all our Economic Advisors from the 13 pioneering schools in the California launch:

Kings County
Avenal High School, Reef-Sunset USD

Los Angeles County
Banning High School
Belmont High School
Los Angeles High School
Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies
----- our four local schools in Los Angeles USD
Burroughs High School, Burbank USD
El Segundo High School, El Segundo USD
Glendale Adventist Academy

Orange County
Huntington Beach High School, Huntington Beach UHSD
San Clemente High School, Capistrano USD

Riverside County
Paloma Valley High School, Perris Union HSD

San Bernardino County
Ayala High School, Chino Valley USD

San Diego County
Patrick Henry High School, San Diego USD


Thanks too, to students at Pacific High School in Ventura County and at Fred C. Nelles High School with the California Youth Authority who participated in the curriculum but were not able to join us at the summit.

special thanks for generous support from

Bank of the West

Comerica Bank

Wells Fargo Bank

USC Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBEAR)

and support of the

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Idaho Council on Economic Education

USC Center for Active Learning in International Studies (CALIS)
A regional site of the California International Studies Project

California Trade Education Center
The education program of the California Council for International Trade