High school ‘traders’ tout their mock-stock moxie

Windsor High School’s nickname may be the Wizards, but Boulder High’s Panthers turned out to be the wizards of Wall Street.

Five-student teams coached by Boulder High School teachers Howard and Donna Tuttle swept the top three spots in one of four sessions at the Junior Achievement Stock Market Challenge, held Nov. 6-7 at the University of Denver. Forty-two area high schools participated, and the mock-trading competition was broken up into four sessions – morning and afternoon on Thursday and Friday.

The Boulder High teams ruled Thursday morning, while teams from Louisville’s Monarch High and Longmont…