Junior Achievement Operations Win International Awards for Innovation
Seven Junior Achievement operations, including Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain, Inc., won 2013 MetLife Foundation Entrepreneurial Awards, including grants of $25,000 each, for outstanding innovation and entrepreneurship. Junior Achievement of the Upper...
Jessica Mason Empowers Teenagers at JA Business Week
Jessica Mason What happens when you mix 13 diverse high school teenagers from across Colorado with one adult volunteer mentor and ask them to complete a team project by the...
By Mia Voss of the Mia Connect As a first-time participant in JA Business Week, I was anticipating great things. But I had no idea how life-changing it would be! Beginning...
JA Business Week: One Shining Moment
Junior Achievement (JA) announced the three winning student teams from its annual JA Business Week, a one-of-a-kind summer camp that lets high school students experience the business world, develop leadership...
JA Business Week Winning Teams
Junior Achievement (JA) announced the three winning student teams from its annual JA Business Week, a one-of-a-kind summer camp that lets high school students experience the business world, develop leadership...
“The energy in the room was truly miraculous”
JA Business Week students practice the fine art of networking The afternoon before Mocktails started off with an empowering and captivating presentation about how to shape your own personal network...
JA Business Week students practice the fine art of networking
By Nina Asher, JA Business Week Student As we were taught throughout JA Business Week, networking is important to your success in a business and as a business person. We...
JA Business Week Project Descriptions
At JA Business Week, students work in teams of 10 to form student companies. Under the leadership of a company adviser, teams compete in one of three challenges for real companies....
Helping Teachers be Successful in their Personal & Professional Lives
On June 10, 45 Denver-area educators are opting to postpone their well-earned summer vacations to take a class on personal financial literacy. They are participating in the Junior Achievement (JA)...
