Category: Misc.

December 19, 2016

Volunteer helps JA reach Estes Park students

Professionalism, business savvy, humor, drive, kindness.  Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain (JA) volunteers share all sorts of skills, personality traits and experiences when they enter JA classrooms to help young people envision...

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December 12, 2016

AT&T helps JA bring financial experiences to at-risk students

Through its signature philanthropic initiative called AT&T Aspire, AT&T is helping Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain, and more than 50 JA areas across the country, reach at-risk students. In addition to the...

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November 28, 2016

JA Finance Park and Kids for Colorado Gives teach the value of philanthropy

Students at JA Finance Park plan their household budgets with the help of a JA volunteer For more than five years, the Community First Foundation and JA-Rocky Mountain have partnered...

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Northern Colorado JA Stock Market Challenge

Teams from 11 Northern Colorado high schools competed in the JA Stock Market Challenge More than 550 students from 11 area high schools competed in the Northern Colorado JA Stock...

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November 15, 2016

12th Annual JA Stock Market Challenge Corporate Event

Jodi Rolland, Colorado State and Denver Market President for Bank of America, presents the trophy to the winning team from SM Energy The JA Stock Market Challenge corporate event, presented...

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The JA Stock Market Challenge is an Investment in the Economic Futures of 1,300 High School Students

Students from 38 high schools competed in this year's JA Stock Market Challenge Students from 38 Colorado high schools converged to compete at 2016 JA Stock Market Challenge, presented by...

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November 7, 2016

Quiet Work

The JA Stock Market Challenge student events are exciting, inspiring and highly educational. If you have ever attended one of these events, you know that they are also very, very...

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Retired teacher lends experience to JA volunteering

Susan Zapata shines as an exceptional JA volunteer From finance directors and accountants, to CEOs, engineers and IT professionals, Junior Achievement (JA) volunteers come from all types of professions and...

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November 3, 2016

Nine things I wish I had known before leaving for college

1. Pick your major as soon as possible. They always say, “You can change your major whenever, or just get the required courses out of the way first.”  However, in...

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