NorCal Stock Market Challenge (Junior Achievement)
A one-day, live stock market simulation event hosted by Junior Achievement of Northern California where high school teams build and manage investment portfolios in real time and compete against other regional teams.
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Financial Advisor's Contest (CCEE)
A California-exclusive competition from the California Council on Economic Education where teams of high schoolers act as financial advisors to a fictional client, mentored over four weeks by a volunteer CFA or finance professional before presenting their recommendations at a virtual competition day.
JA Take Stock in Your Future
A Junior Achievement of Northern California course spanning five sessions that introduces high schoolers to stock market fundamentals, current market analysis, and practical trading experience, with an optional stock market competition component.
UrbanPlan Americas Student Competition
Developed with UC Berkeley's Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, UrbanPlan is a project-based real estate development simulation in which teams of high school students act as a fictional developer, balancing budgets, zoning, and community needs to pitch a project for city council approval. Top student teams compete nationally in the UrbanPlan Americas High School Competition.
Wall Street Academy (University of San Francisco)
A week-long, in-person investing intensive at USF's Investment Lab where high schoolers use industry-standard tools like Bloomberg Terminal and FactSet to study investment fundamentals and global financial markets, including visits to major financial institutions such as BlackRock and Merrill Lynch.
Datathon (CP Mentorship)
A one-day, in-person data science challenge co-hosted by CP Mentorship, Women in Data Science Worldwide, and Silicon Valley Youth at Google's Mountain View campus. High school teams analyze real-world datasets (e.g., wildfire response data) with mentor guidance; open to all experience levels.
Daydream Silicon Valley
A free, teen-organized weekend game jam in San Jose where participants ages 12-18 design and deploy an original game to itch.io within 48 hours, with no experience required and beginner workshops offered on-site. Part of Hack Club's Daydream network of simultaneous teen game jams held in 100 cities, the event provides meals, merchandise, prizes, and travel reimbursement for those coming from farther away.