Junior Achievement Observes Personal Financial Literacy Month
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Staff Report-
In response to educator requests, JA expects to reach more than 4,700 students this 2014-15 school year in Warsaw and Tippy Valley schools. In partnership with these educators and community volunteers, students learn about everything from local businesses and jobs to entrepreneurial opportunities and their future for economic success.
The hands-on financial literacy experiences include:
•JA Elementary Economics, introducing core business and economic concepts to students through 5th grade
•JA BizTown, building 5th and 6th grade understanding of successful work and career options in an active economy
•Middle school programs, enabling workplace and financial skills and aptitudes development through exploration of business and economics
•JA Finance Park, guiding middle and high school students in developing personal financial literacy and money management skills
•High school programs, sharing the fundamentals of micro-, macro-, and international economics and building practical entrepreneurial thinking and workplace interpersonal effectiveness
“At every grade level, JA activities put the game of life into serious context for kids by helping them connect the dots between what they learn in school and how financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship, the economics of life, play out in the real world,” says Jeremy Mullins, Board Chair, Junior Achievement serving Warsaw/Tippy Valley. “As they discover the consequences of economic decisions, they build the financial knowledge and skills that will empower their future economic success.”[[In-content Ad]]
In response to educator requests, JA expects to reach more than 4,700 students this 2014-15 school year in Warsaw and Tippy Valley schools. In partnership with these educators and community volunteers, students learn about everything from local businesses and jobs to entrepreneurial opportunities and their future for economic success.
The hands-on financial literacy experiences include:
•JA Elementary Economics, introducing core business and economic concepts to students through 5th grade
•JA BizTown, building 5th and 6th grade understanding of successful work and career options in an active economy
•Middle school programs, enabling workplace and financial skills and aptitudes development through exploration of business and economics
•JA Finance Park, guiding middle and high school students in developing personal financial literacy and money management skills
•High school programs, sharing the fundamentals of micro-, macro-, and international economics and building practical entrepreneurial thinking and workplace interpersonal effectiveness
“At every grade level, JA activities put the game of life into serious context for kids by helping them connect the dots between what they learn in school and how financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship, the economics of life, play out in the real world,” says Jeremy Mullins, Board Chair, Junior Achievement serving Warsaw/Tippy Valley. “As they discover the consequences of economic decisions, they build the financial knowledge and skills that will empower their future economic success.”[[In-content Ad]]
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