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Ed Grenier
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President and CEO
Junior Achievement of the
National Capital Area
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Financial literacy is front and center as our federal government works to address the nation's fiscal solvency, new college graduates experience first-hand the difficulty of balancing their personal budgets, and children's shows like Sesame Street teach their pre-school viewers about the importance of saving money.
At Junior Achievement, we remain steadfastly committed to empowering all young people to own their economic success.
This is a tall order, but crucial to the long-term well-being of our society. With your help, we will achieve our goal.
This summer, please consider helping by volunteering in a classroom, organizing a JA Bowl event with your co-workers, or simply by making a small donation to JA. Together, we can make a difference in the lives of over 52,000 local youth.
As always, your support makes our work possible.
Thank you.
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Empowering young people to own their economic success
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Finance Park Featured as
"Cool School" on WUSA9 News
The "Cool Schools" segment of WUSA9 News recently featured Junior Achievement Finance Park as Greater Washington's first experiential financial literacy learning center for middle and high school students. The piece highlighted how students assume an adult life situation for a day, then create and balance a budget for themselves and their families. Over 13,600 students participated in this life simulation since Finance Park opened in October 2010.
Please click here to watch WUSA9's report or visit www.JuniorAchievementFinancePark.org to learn more.
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JA Prepares 1,700 DC High School Students for Summer Jobs
Junior Achievement is once again teaming with the DC Department of Employment Services to teach JA's work readiness curriculum to over 1,700 youth in our third annual DOES Summer Youth Employment Training Program. JA’s Success Skills program instills positive work attitudes in youth while giving participants insights into professional behavior before entering the workplace. To learn more about the program, please visit www.myJA.org/programs
/high/ja_success_skills.html.
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JA Essay Competition to Award $118,000 in Scholarships and Grants
For the fourth year, Junior Achievement and Carlyle Group founder David M. Rubenstein will invite high school students to write a 1,500 word essay for a chance to win a $20,000 college scholarship.
Three winners from each of Maryland, Virginia, and DC will each receive a $10,000 scholarship, including one grand prize winner who will receive $20,000. In addition, the school in Maryland, Virginia, and DC with the greatest number of eligible applications will each receive a $6,000 grant.
The competition will run from August 24 – October 31. Become a fan of JA on Facebook by noon on August 17 to learn this year's topic a week in advance! To learn more, please visit www.myJA.org/students/
essay/.
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High School Entrepreneur Honored
Brandon Deyo, a senior at Richard Montgomery High School, was selected as the 8th Annual Greater Washington Youth Entrepreneur of the Year winner by Junior Achievement and Ernst & Young. Brandon was honored for founding The Mars Reel, an online sports entertainment and video production service.
Brandon's business films, edits, and publishes a wide variety of online videos related to sports, including game highlight and player recruitment videos. In just over a year of operation, The Mars Reel has attracted over 4,600 subscribers on YouTube, and its videos have been viewed more than 1.1 million times.
To learn more, please visit www.myJA.org/students/
yeoty/ or www.TheMarsReel.com.
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Junior Achievement Endorsed in Education Week Article
A recent article in Education Week examined the importance of teaching financial literacy skills to youth, noting that students are more concerned about paying for college than about getting into it. The article urges teachers to "weave financial literacy" into their curriculum, and recommends partnering with Junior Achievement to reach this goal.
Please click here to read the article, or visit www.myJA.org/educators/ to request a program for your classroom this fall.
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Montgomery County Public Schools Partnership Grows
MCPS is embarking on an exciting phase of our partnership with a new focus on personal financial literacy. In the coming academic year, every sixth-grade student across the County will participate in JA's Economics for Success program. Students will learn about budgeting, credit, investment, risk, and much more.
To learn more, please visit www.myJA.org/
montgomery/.
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