JA Student Entrepreneurs Take Home $100,000 Grand Prize at Denver Startup Week Pitch Competition
Two JA students brought home the grand prize at Denver Startup Week’s Pitch Competition on Thursday evening, winning a package including cash, products, and services valued at $100,000. High school...
Meet the young entrepreneurs giving adults a run for their money
Nowhere is entrepreneurship more real and exciting for youth than at Denver Startup Week, weeklong event promoting innovation through workshops, presentations, sessions, networking and more. Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain, Inc. (JA)...
JA Venture Academy Students There is no “typical” Junior Achievement (JA) Business Week student because there is no typical entrepreneur. By its very definition, entrepreneurship requires new ways of thinking...
Grand County Kids Are Ready to Join the Hospitality & Tourism Workforce
Middle Park High School took a tour of C Lazy U Ranch through a JA program It’s no secret that the scenic mountain landscape makes the Rocky Mountain region a...
Wells Fargo to Support Junior Achievement Statewide
DENVER (June 12, 2019) –Junior Achievement and Wells Fargo today announced they are expanding their partnership statewide to support classrooms across Colorado. The company is donating $125,000 to JA, benefitting...
High Demand Spurs JA Expansion in Wyoming
JA high school students from Pine Bluffs, Wyoming A lot more students in Wyoming ended the school year this year with sharpened financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and 21st century work skills....
State Farm and Junior Achievement Collaborate for Northern Colorado Youth
State Farm announced today that they are contributing $10,000 to Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain (JA) to provide financial education programs to middle and high school students in Larimer and Weld counties...
College Students Introduced to Civic Engagement through JA
A JA volunteer from University of Colorado at Denver leads a hands-on activity with Emory Elementary School students Learning about civic engagement in the University of Colorado at Denver’s (UCD)...
When Educators and JA Collaborate, the Benefits are Far-Reaching
Ryan Stadler and Campbell Elementary School students read together in the school library To implement Junior Achievement (JA) programs, educators and JA staff are successful when they combine their shared...
