# Douglass student wins national InvestWrite essay contest again **Published:** 2026-07-20T19:54:00.000Z **Source:** [Fayette County Public Schools](https://www.fcps.net/post-details/~board/fayette-county-public-schools-news/post/douglass-student-wins-investwrite-national-contest-again) **AI-generated:** yes (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) **Canonical:** https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/douglass-student-wins-national-investwrite-essay-contest-again LEXINGTON, Ky. — A rising sophomore at Frederick Douglass High School has won the [SIFMA Foundation's 2026 InvestWrite national writing competition](https://sifmafoundation.org/investwrite/) for the second consecutive year, according to [Fayette County Public Schools](https://www.fcps.net/post-details/~board/fayette-county-public-schools-news/post/douglass-student-wins-investwrite-national-contest-again). Josephine Frimpong's essay on investment strategy, risk management and portfolio diversification earned first place nationally among over 1,500 high school entries in the competition. The 16-year-old previously won the national contest last year as an eighth grader, making her a repeat champion in the writing component of the Stock Market Game program. Frimpong's winning essay, titled "Curious Minds Spark Courageous Finds," reflected on her most and least successful stock investments from the game and outlined a long-term portfolio strategy. She expressed plans to allocate roughly 30 percent to education and medical stocks, 30 percent to broad market index funds like the S&P 500, 30 percent to companies fostering societal growth, and 10 percent to emerging companies with new innovations and leadership. "Her entry stood out for its clear reasoning and practical application of investing principles," [FCPS noted](https://www.fcps.net/post-details/~board/fayette-county-public-schools-news/post/douglass-student-wins-investwrite-national-contest-again). Rather than focusing only on performance, she demonstrated an understanding of asset allocation, long-term planning and how to refine a strategy based on experience. Teacher Bradley Scroggin was recognized alongside Frimpong by the SIFMA Foundation. The recognition occurred this summer when Jim Allen, vice chair of Baird, presented the award at Douglass High. [InvestWrite is a curriculum-based writing competition](https://sifmafoundation.org/) in which students analyze investment decisions and recommend portfolio allocations. [Essays are evaluated on rationale, understanding of subject matter and writing style](https://www.stockmarketgame.org/investwrite.html), with [thousands of financial professionals from banks and investment firms serving as judges](https://sifmafoundation.org/). [The underlying Stock Market Game allows students in grades 4-12 to manage a hypothetical $100,000 portfolio of stocks, bonds, mutual funds and cash](https://www.stockmarketgame.org/) on a real-world online trading platform. [Since 1977, the program has reached more than 24 million youth](https://www.stockmarketgame.org/) and is widely recognized for strengthening academic achievement in math, economics and personal finance. [Frederick Douglass High School](https://douglass.fcps.net/), located on Lexington's eastern side, is the newest public high school in Fayette County Public Schools, having [opened in August 2017](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass_High_School_(Lexington,_Kentucky)). ## Sources - [Fayette County Public Schools](https://www.fcps.net/post-details/~board/fayette-county-public-schools-news/post/douglass-student-wins-investwrite-national-contest-again) - [SIFMA Foundation InvestWrite Competition](https://sifmafoundation.org/investwrite/) - [Stock Market Game program overview](https://www.stockmarketgame.org/) - [Frederick Douglass High School, Lexington Kentucky](https://douglass.fcps.net/) --- This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) based on source material from Fayette County Public Schools, enriched with 2 web searches. The original source is available at https://www.fcps.net/post-details/~board/fayette-county-public-schools-news/post/douglass-student-wins-investwrite-national-contest-again.