Mercy Senior Selected for Financial Education Institute

Mrs. Lynn Curello (left) and Sr. Mary McCarthy (right) congratulate Alexa Marks on her selection to the Connecticut Youth Financial Education Institute.

Sr. Mary A. McCarthy, principal of Mercy High School, has announced that Alexa Marks, a senior, was selected to represent the school at the fourth annual Connecticut Youth Financial Education Institute.  This program provides 35 outstanding Connecticut high school students from throughout the state with the opportunity to attend the Institute to learn about personal finance and the importance of financial responsibility.

Alexa, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Marks of Durham, is the first Mercy student chosen to receive this honor.  She is a student in Mrs. Lynn Curello’s Business and Personal Finance class.  Students were selected based on academic excellence, school citizenship and demonstrated interest in financial education, personal finance or business.  Each high school in Connecticut was allowed to nominate one student to attend the Institute.