For Immediate Release:
May 2, 2022
Marlboro High School wins the
Central Regional Consumer Bowl
Marlboro will move on to the state championship
FREEHOLD, NJ
– Marlboro High School has won the 2022 Central Regional Consumer Bowl, an
educational competition that tests students’ knowledge of consumer related
information, which was held virtually on Thursday, April 28.
The Marlboro High
School team competed against Voorhees High School (Hunterdon County), Hightstown
High School (Mercer County), Metuchen High School (Middlesex County), Central Regional
High School (Ocean County), and Governor Livingston High School (Union County)
in the consumer-related game-show-style competition with questions in multiple-choice
and open-ended formats to test their knowledge of various consumer related topics
such as Bureau of Securities FAQs, Credit Card Disclosure Act of 2009, elder
fraud, identity theft (phishing), and more.
“We are so
proud of the Marlboro team, who is representing the County in the State Championship
Consumer Bowl,” said County Commissioner Lillian G. Burry, liaison to the
County’s Division of Consumer Affairs. “The Consumer Bowl is a remarkable way for
all of the competitors to gain awareness of consumer related issues. Those
skills will benefit participants throughout their lives.”
Team members
from Marlboro High School include Jason Nemiron (captain), Harris Palouse, Emma
Corbin, Benjamin Katz, and Taylor Chavis (alternate). Their teachers and
advisors are Nicole Bendik and Patrick Scinto.
The Marlboro
High School team will now move onto the 2022 New Jersey State Consumer Bowl, which
will be held on Wednesday, May 25 at the State Attorney General’s Office in
Trenton. Marlboro High School will be competing against Passaic County
Technical Institute (Passaic County) and Cedar Creek High School (Atlantic
County).
The New Jersey
High School Consumer Bowl is a program of the State Department of Law and
Public Safety, Division of Consumer Affairs. It was established in 1997 to help
students learn about consumer issues that will benefit each of them throughout
their lives.
The Division
of Consumer Affairs is a law enforcement agency, created and funded by the
Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners. The Division helps protect
residents against consumer fraud and dishonest business practices by enforcing the
State Consumer Fraud Act and many other regulations.
For more
information, go to www.visitmonmouth.com, email consumeraffairs@co.monmouth.nj.us
or call 732-431-7900. The office is open on weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Marlboro, NJ – Marlboro High School finished
victorious in the 2022 Central Regional Consumer Bowl, a game-show-style
competition for teams of high school students, held virtually on Thursday,
April 28.