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The (Second) Big C
Blog from JA USA
By Hannah Henry
Work Readiness
A Bankrate Study released in 2016 found that 67 percent of Millennials don't have credit cards While we all known how someone can get into trouble through the misuse of credit cards, they are a valuable financial tool when used responsibly. Responsible use leads to good credit scores, which are needed for home loans and small business financing. According to the free credit score checker, Credit...
Turning Students into Better Employees One Lesson at a Time
Blog from JA USA
By Hannah Henry
Work Readiness
Does your child know how to write a check? A new finding has been uncovered in Northeast Pennsylvania students are not learning a basic life skill--financial literacy! Basic skills such as keeping a checkbook, paying bills, obtaining a job, earning an income, or even budgeting financials are not a piece of the education curriculum currently in place.The Report of Economic and Personal Finance...
Transforming Students into Ideal Employees
Blog from JA USA
By Hannah Henry
Work Readiness
According to a 2015 survey by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, 27 percent of Kentucky employers find it difficult to find workers with adequate "soft" skills. These soft skills include everything from effective communication to one's ability to work in a team...
The Present Teaching the Future
Blog from JA USA
By Hannah Henry
Work Readiness
How would you feel standing in a class of 30 students teaching them principles they would use for the rest of their lives? Honored? Nervous? Excited? Empowered? In the 2015-2016 school year, a total of 237,680 volunteers across the nation stepped up to teach 4,803,046 students from kindergarten to high school real-world concepts in areas of financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship...
Giving Kids a Sense of Purpose
Blog from JA USA
By Lina Bois
Work Readiness
This note was sent from the President of Junior Achievement of Northeastern New York (Albany, NY) to their Board of Directors. "Today just epitomized our JA mission and the Proof of Impact. I genuinely left inspired after National Grid hosted a tremendous Job Shadow to over 20 Freshman students from Watervliet HS. This is what JA is all about... Giving Kids a Sense of Purpose. Our dedicated...
Positive Female Role Models Impacting the Future Generations
Blog from JA USA
By Lina Bois
Corporate Responsibility
Original Story from Junior Achievement of South Central Kentucky in Bowling Green, Kentucky. On March 8th, JA of South Central Kentucky hosted their first JA Girl$ event. Sponsored by Citizens First Bank and in partnership with the Young Athenas, they brought in 125 7th grade girls from the local middle schools for a JA in a Day using the JA It's My Future" curriculum. The girls were surrounded...
Junior Achievement Rock Star
Blog from JA USA
By Lina Bois
Work Readiness
Original Story from Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana. When the Lauri Wade, Counselor at Kerrick Elementary School in Louisville, tweeted "Best day ever!" along with her student's photo, she could never have imagined the chain of events that would occur. The photo of her 5th-grade student, Dallas, dressed as the JA BizTown utility Meter Reader, showed a young man whose face just beamed from the...
The Power of a Mentor
Blog from JA USA
By Lina Bois
Work Readiness
Our JA Business Challenge was held on February 16, 2017. Haley Gandara, one of our student team mentors, shared this story about her experience with Junior Achievement: "I was involved with JA as a student at Memorial High School in Madison, Wisconsin. Dan Pacetti was a JA volunteer in our personal finance class and came each week to speak. He and my personal finance teacher, Mr. Thomas, were the...
AT&T Job Shadow - A Glimpse Into the Future
Blog from JA USA
By Lina Bois
Work Readiness
Original Story from Junior Achievement of South Florida. The following is a Blanche Ely High School teacher's reflection of an AT&T Job Shadow. "Thank you for the awesome opportunity you provided to our students to get a chance to visit AT&T this week! The students were exposed to a whole new world. It was very educational and the students appreciated the hands-on activity. They got a chance to...
Donors Provide Opportunity
Blog from JA USA
By Lina Bois
Work Readiness
Original Story from Junior Achievement of the Palm Beaches & Treasure Coast, Florida. Below is an amazing letter of support from a JA Alumnus, who also happens to be a member of JA of the Palm Beaches & Treasure Coast's education committee and a Dean at a local college that they work closely with. I am writing to express my support for Junior Achievement. As an alumnus of JA's Company program, I...