Parkway North’s chapter of Rock The Street, Wall Street won the national distinction of the Best Overall Cohort for 2025. The club is also the state’s first and only high school chapter.

Rock the Street, Wall Street is a national organization seeking to educate young women in finance. North’s chapter partners with the Stifel Management Corporation, and members go through a curriculum teaching them about topics like investments, the stock market, budgets, and more

“We’re the only [chapter] in Missouri at this time, and we were able to increase the number of students participating,” said chapter leader and math teacher Andrea Seavey, sharing some of the reasons why North’s chapter received the award. “We had over 80 sign up, and then on average, we were able to retain a large number of people each session. So we had over 50 girls each session that were attending the meetings. And so that was a huge bonus, you know, compared to other clubs across the US. And then we also had a really strong retention of information. They give you a pre-test and post-test at the end of the five week session. And we just did really well on that test.” 

“I feel very proud about winning a national award because it is honestly important what they are doing, and it builds more awareness”, said junior Selah Fields, a participant in the club.

North is one of only about 50 high schools to offer the club, with meetings happening during AcLab. Students are often provided with snacks at the meetings where they go through a finance-focused curriculum.

The club aims to educate girls in particular about finance because “research shows that while girls in the US, UK, and Canada perform on par with boys in math during elementary and middle school, their performance and interest wanes significantly in high school,” according to the Rock the Street, Wall Street website.  

“I think it’s really important for women to learn about this because the finance industry in general is typically heavily male dominated,” said Seavey. “And so women bring different perspectives and unique experiences to the world that they live in. And the tagline of the organization is ‘if we change who we invest in, we change what we invest in.’ So we want to see women bring their interests to the table. And I think it’ll ultimately long term change the landscape of how the financial markets work globally.”

The organization has educated its members in many financial topics, but has provided lessons that go beyond that as well.

“I’ve learned a lot more about how to manage my money,” said senior Monica Johnson, North’s Student CEO of the chapter. “I’ve learned about different careers in the world of finance. I’ve met a lot of new people. I feel like I’ve become more confident in making connections with others and it’s just been a really great experience.”