September is Attendance Awareness Month
Did you know that September is Attendance Awareness Month? As we all know, school attendance is vital to academic success. However, chronic absences can drag down standardized test scores and...
“I learned more about myself than I ever have”
JA Student Pedro Martinez Business is extremely essential towards the production and well being of how this world really works beyond the curtains. It is far beyond more important than...
JA Inspiration Scholarship Recipient CJ Manning
JA Inspiration Scholarships are awarded to JA students who embody the JA spirit and show great promise in their futures. During a reception at the Denver Country Club on June...
“JA has given me invaluable life lessons”
JA Student Madeline Bruno My JA experience began in elementary school, where dedicated volunteers engaged our classroom in fun and meaningful lessons focused on business education. I imagine teaching elementary school...
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...
2006 scholarship recipient has “come full circle”
Mick Mrozek at the 2012 Colorado Business Hall of Fame After attending the annual JA Inspiration Scholarship Student Event this past week I was asked to reflect on my experience...
Junior Achievement’s 2013 Teens and Summer Jobs Survey
The 2013 Junior Achievement Teens and Summer Jobs Survey reveals a teen population confident in its ability to find summer work, despite a 24-percent unemployment rate. The national survey of...
