Brockton High School students awarded scholarships from national financial literacy contest – Boston News, Weather, Sports [Video]

BROCKTON, MASS. (WHDH) – A group of students in Brockton received a scholarship surprise on Thursday.

In a national contest to learn more about the importance of financial planning and literacy, the top five performers were from Brockton High School.

Each were awarded varying amounts totaling $15,000.

“Coming into this competition, I already had experience with trading stocks before and with investing, but through the competition I learned much more about what I didn’t know,” said Henry Ani, one of the scholarship winners.

The organizer of the annual contest says the goal is to close the racial wealth gap.

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