Sign up for JA BizTown™ in 08-09
Junior Achievement is currently taking reservations for the 5th and 6th grade program, JA BizTown. For more information about JA BizTown, please visit our website at: www.jaaz.org/programs/biztown.
To discuss available dates, please contact Kimberly Barber at: kimberlyb@jaaz.org. |
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Special thanks to our website production and hosting sponsor, Metro Studios, for donating their services to JA. Because of Metro Studios, we are proud to showcase our new website, www.jaaz.org. Metro Studios is located in both Cedar Rapids, IA and Scottsdale, AZ and offers a wide range of marketing solutions from audio and video production to web development and print. Visit their website at www.metrostudios.com. |
Best Buy Partnership
Through a strong partnership with Best Buy, nearly 350 Arizona students will learn fundamental business and economic concepts through the JA Job Shadow program this year. High School students complete in-class JA lessons to prepare them for an on-site visit to a local Best Buy store. Best Buy employees host students for 4.5 hours, introducing them to the requirements and shared responsibilities of the work place. Students make the connection between academics and careers, and Best Buy employees demonstrate that lifelong learning is important to continued success in the workplace.
We inspire students to be entrepreneurial in their approach to work. Through practical work in the classroom and applied efforts on site, Best Buy and JA provide students with skills needed to research, get and keep a job, as well as develop innovative strategies to achieve lifelong learning pursuits and career opportunities.
Thank you, Best Buy Stores. Together, we are inspiring our young people to succeed in a global economy! | |
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The Spring semester is the perfect time to watch your students bloom. |
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Essay and Scholarship Opportunities
Scholarships up to $4,000.00!
Junior Achievement of Arizona offers opportunities to middle school students and high school seniors who have been enrolled in a Junior Achievement program during the current 2007-2008 school year. Seniors are eligible to apply for our JA of Arizona Senior Scholarships and middle school students are eligible to participate in our Herman Schmidt Essay Contest.
These two opportunities are only available to Arizona students so the eligible applicants are competing with a smaller pool of candidates with the largest award valued at $4,000! Don't miss out, visit www.jaaz.org for additional information and application forms.
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JA Finance Park™ - Coming May, 2009
Junior Achievement of Arizona is excited to announce that we are bringing JA Finance Park to Arizona! JA Finance Park is an experiential program designed to help 8th and 9th grade students understand how to create and execute a balanced personal budget. The 21-lesson classroom curriculum combined with a four-hour simulation helps students develop a realistic understanding of the economic issues they'll face upon graduation. To learn more aout JA Finance Park, please visit: www.jaaz.org/programs/financepark. To discuss available dates, please contact Kimberly Barber at: kimberlyb@jaaz.org. |
JA BizKid$ on KAET
Junior Achievement has exciting news for educators, students and parents. JA BizKid$ will begin programming in Arizona on January 27, 2008. JA Worldwide partnered with the producers of Bill Nye the Science Guy to create a TV show targeted to 9-14 year olds and the show is exclusively underwritten by America's Credit Unions.
JA Biz Kid$ is a fun and exciting way to help students explore the concepts of financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and work-readiness. The companion school and home-based activities build upon the content presented in each television episode, and help children gain a solid understanding of key financial concepts.
Episodes will air Sundays at 5 PM and Mondays at 2 AM on KAET digital HD cable channel - we hope to secure an analog station later this year. JA Worldwide has created classroom lessons that will align with and reinforce the content of each JA BizKid$ episode, and a website has been created to provide additional entrepreneurship and financial literacy content to viewers http://www.jabizkids.com. |
First Annual JA BizBowl!
JA invited high school students to the Scottsdale Waterfront to show off their smarts in a fun, friendly JA competition held on a miniature football field. Sponsored by the One5ive Foundation, Papa John's Pizza and Best Buy, the JA BizBowl is a game that tests students' knowledge of economics, financial literacy, JA trivia and work readiness.
Scott Flansburg, who is known as the "fastest human calculator" in the Guinness Book of World Records, emceed our event. He also taught the students and spectators about the power of the number 9 during their lunch of hot, delicious Papa John's Pizza.
JA Board members Pete Rathwell of Snell & Wilmer, Marcia Wepfer of Wells Fargo and Jules Veloria of Hewlett-Packard were on hand as event judges. Adrian Jones of the Kansas City Chiefs and boxing champion Ron Johnson supported the competitors and encouraged them to continue to focus on education as the key to success in life.
The scores were close but the Alhambra team prevailed, taking the first place trophy back to school. All of the students and teachers from Desert Mountain, East Valley Academy (2nd), Gateway Early College High, Highland (3rd) and Job's for Arizona's Graduates should be proud of their participation in this event. A super thank you to the teachers, volunteers, sponsors and to the students who showed up ready to compete!
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Deluxe Financial Services
 Deluxe Financial Services has been a Junior Achievement partner since 1988. Through its efforts, Deluxe Corporation Foundation has sponsored 367 students to go through JA economic programs. Deluxe Corporation Foundation member MadelineWashington stated, "We are proud to have the opportunity to support such a forward thinking organization." Thanks to organizations like Deluxe Corporation Foundation, they open a world of possibilities for kids.
Deluxe,a Fortune 1000 company, builds on its legacy as one of the top check producers in North America, and is evolving into a trusted and valued adviosr to financial institutions and small businesses. Deluxe is also a proud community leader seeking to make its communities better places to live and work. SInce 1954, the Deluxe Corporation Foundation has awarded more than $82 million to education, arts and human services programs and nonprofits. As a compnay with a strong sense of community and family, Deluxe is committed to giving back and being a good corporate citizen.
Thank you Deluxe Financial Services for your support of JA! | |
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