Two students in Rick Brock's eighth grade exploratory class took first and second place in Alaska in a nationwide stock market game. Iris Case, right, came in first place in the state, and Kristina Barkfelt took second place. As part of the class, students studied the stock market and made investments in the online game. At the end of the first quarter of the year, all 16 students in the class cashed out their stocks. Case and Barkfelt ended up making the most out of any other participants in the state.