Junior Achievement motivates students to develop the skills needed to experience the realities and opportunities of the 21st-century global marketplace; developing the confidence to enter the workforce and contribute to economic growth.
Our program curriculum fosters work readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy skills, utilizing experiential learning to inspire kids to dream big and reach their potential. This year, over 52,000 students in Greater Washington will participate in Junior Achievement programs.
Junior Achievement is pleased to announce the 9th Annual Greater Washington Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Competition, sponsored by Ernst & Young, which will recognize young people in Greater Washington who have best embraced the entrepreneurial spirit. The competition is open to any student in the 9th-12th grade who has started and is currently running his or her own business, and will run from February 1 - April 11, 2012.
Junior Achievement has just published its January 2012 edition of the Greater Washington Futures e-Newsletter. Click here to learn about recent events at Junior Achievement, including:
New Deloitte College and Career Center Opens at Finance Park
Congresswoman Donna Edwards Tours Finance Park
Diocese of Arlington Partnership Grows to Include All Elementary Grades
Washington Business Hall of Fame Featured in Washingtonian
Increased Holiday Spending Leads to Frugal New Year’s Resolutions
Junior Achievement Finance Park, an experiential financial literacy learning center serving 14,000 eighth grade students each year, is featured in a new public service announcement from Capital One.
To learn more about this innovative program, please click here.
Junior Achievement has just published its December 2011 edition of the Greater Washington Futures e-Newsletter. Click here to learn about recent events at Junior Achievement, including:
Washington Business Hall of Fame Honors Inspirational Laureates and Raises $1.1 Million
Bethesda Students Experience The World of Work
2011 Annual Report Details Successful Year
Give the Gift of Financial Literacy This Holiday Season
The staff and Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of Greater Washington express their sincerest condolences to the family and close friends of Joe Robert, who passed away on December 7.
Joe’s legacy remains forever in the lives of those whom he so generously touched over his many years, and his contributions to the community of Greater Washington will not soon be forgotten.
Five visionary leaders are to be inducted into the Washington Business Hall of Fame tomorrow by co-founding organizations Junior Achievement of Greater Washington, The Washingtonian, and the Greater Washington Board of Trade. The Hall of Fame recognizes outstanding business and community leadership over a career span of service in Greater Washington. The 23rd annual Washington Business Hall of Fame dinner will be attended by over 1,100 people at the Marriott Wardman Park; proceeds will benefit Junior Achievement's mission to empower young people to own their economic success.
The 2011 Washington Business Hall of Fame Laureates are:
Mayor Vincent C. Gray has proclaimed November 29, 2011 as Junior Achievement of Greater Washington Day in the District of Columbia, citing the more than 600,000 local students that JA has helped since its inception and JA's mission to empower young people to own their economic success.
Please click here to read the full text of the proclamation!
Junior Achievement has just published its November 2011 edition of the Greater Washington Futures e-Newsletter. Click here to learn about recent events at Junior Achievement, including:
New JA Study Addresses Workforce Skills Gap
JA Finance Park Featured on Voice of America
Help JA Secure a $25,000 Grant by Donating Today
Ted Leonsis Supports Finance Park Entertainment Storefront
Junior Achievement Finance Park, an experiential financial literacy learning center serving 14,000 middle school students each year, was recently featured on Voice of America.
Please click here to watch the video and learn more about Junior Achievement Finance Park!
In our continuing efforts to position Junior Achievement as a solution provider to major societal issues affecting the health of the nation, we are excited to release our second report in a series of position papers - Junior Achievement: A Solution to the Workforce Skills Gap.
This paper provides detailed information about how Junior Achievement is addressing the increasing number of workers in the U.S.A. who lack the education and training needed to fill the demand of the current and future workforce. In a recent study, more than half (53 percent) of U.S. companies report a major challenge in recruiting non-managerial employees with the skills and knowledge needed, despite the fact that unemployment is hovering around 9 percent and millions of individuals are looking for employment. This paper provides an overview of the problem, promising practices, and how Junior Achievement is a solution provider.
Click here to learn more and download your free copy today!
Junior Achievement has just published its October 2011 edition of the Greater Washington Futures e-Newsletter. Click here to learn about recent events at Junior Achievement, including:
Finance Park Opens Doors For Second Year
Washington Business Hall of Fame to Induct Five Outstanding Laureates
Former Secretary of Education Spellings Meets With JA Students
JA Leaders Meet With Lawmakers on Capitol Hill
Start Bowling for Treasure This Fall
David Rubenstein Delivers JA Message to DC Charter School
The 2011 Free Enterprise Survey has been published, in which high school juniors revealed their knowledge and perceptions of entrepreneurship, free enterprise and capitalism and how these factors will influence their future career choices.
Among other findings, the Free Enterprise Survey found that 64 percent of high school juniors were interested in starting or owning their own businesses, but also revealed that many are concerned about the economy.
Among other findings, nearly 50 percent of teens are unsure of how to use a credit card effectively, yet 24 percent think high school or younger is when they should get their first credit card.
Please click here to read the full results of the survey.
Junior Achievement has just published its September 2011 edition of the Greater Washington Futures e-Newsletter. Click here to learn about recent events at Junior Achievement, including:
JA Serves Record Number of Youth
Momentum Building for the Washington Business Hall of Fame
JA Essay Competition to Award $128,000 in Scholarships and Grants
Businesses to Offer Teens JA Job Shadowing Experience
Junior Achievement of Greater Washington is pleased to announce the 2011 Junior Achievement Essay Competition, sponsored by David M. Rubenstein. This fall, Junior Achievement invites students from the Greater Washington Region to compete for $110,000 in scholarships.
The competition is open to any student in the 9th-12th grade in the Greater Washington Region from August 24 - October 31, 2011, and asks students to write a 1,000-1,500 word essay on the topic "How can young entrepreneurs and the local governments of DC, Maryland, and Virginia work together to empower the next generation to improve the quality of life for the citizens of Greater Washington?"
In addition, from each of Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, the school with the greatest number of eligible applications will receive $6,000.
Click here to learn more about the 2011 Junior Achievement Essay Competition and apply online!
Junior Achievement has just published its August 2011 edition of the Greater Washington Futures e-Newsletter. Click here to learn about recent events at Junior Achievement, including:
AOL Co-Founder Steve Case Keynotes JA's National Student Competition
SBA Administrator Karen Mills Motivates JA Students at the US Capitol
JA Opens Office in Montgomery County
Silver Spring Students Featured in National JA Video
Volunteers and Educators: Fall Class Registration Now Open
JA Changes Name to Junior Achievement of Greater Washington
Junior Achievement has just published its July 2011 edition of the Greater Washington Futures e-Newsletter. Click here to learn about recent events at Junior Achievement, including:
Finance Park Featured as "Cool School" on WUSA9 News
JA Prepares 1,700 DC High School Students for Summer Jobs
JA Essay Competition to Award $118,000 in Scholarships and Grants
High School Entrepreneur Honored
Junior Achievement Endorsed in Education Week Article
Montgomery County Public Schools Partnership Grows
Brandon Deyo's www.TheMarsReel.com has been selected as the winner of the 8th Annual Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Competition! The Mars Reel is an online sports entertainment and video production service, and films, edits, and publishes a wide variety of online videos. In just over a year, The Mars Reel has attracted over 4,200 subscribers on YouTube and its videos have been viewed more than 925,000 times.
Click here to learn more about the Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Competition and The Mars Reel!
