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Junior Achievement Launches JA Finance Park Virtual® To Help Teens Better Understand Financial Concepts

Junior Achievement Launches JA Finance Park Virtual® To Help Teens Better Understand Financial Concepts

Junior Achievement, with the support of Discover, is announcing the launch of JA Finance Park Virtual®. The program is designed to help middle and high school students better understand how to manage money by assigning them simulated life-scenarios and challenging them to successfully manage their finances.

The Connection Newspapers: The ABC of Kids and Money

The Connection Newspapers: The ABC of Kids and Money

In an age when paying one’s mortgage can be done from a smartphone, money smarts is an important part of navigating life. From saving to buy the latest video game to learning how to budget an allowance, financial literacy is one of the most important lessons for children, say financial experts.

SunTrust Foundation Awards $1.5 Million Grant to Junior Achievement of Greater Washington to Support JA Finance Parks

SunTrust Foundation Awards $1.5 Million Grant to Junior Achievement of Greater Washington to Support JA Finance Parks

The SunTrust Foundation today announced a three-year partnership with Junior Achievement of Greater Washington (JA) and a $1.5 million grant to support JA Finance Park®, an innovation in experiential education designed to engage middle school students and prepare them for life and work outside of school.

JA awarded $20,000 from the Comcast Foundation for Communications Storefront Partnership at JA Finance Park Prince George's County

JA awarded $20,000 from the Comcast Foundation for Communications Storefront Partnership at JA Finance Park Prince George's County

The Comcast Foundation recently announced that it has awarded $265,000 in grants to 16 nonprofit organizations across the Washington, D.C. metro area in 2017. The grants help grow the impact of programs aimed at expanding digital literacy, promoting service and mentoring tomorrow’s leaders.

Junior Achievement of Greater Washington is among the many local organizations that are making a significant difference in the community and were supported by the Comcast Foundation this year. Comcast is dedicated to working with organizations like JA to shape the future of the areas its employees, customers and friends and families live in.

Washington Redskins Rookies Attend JA Finance Park for Second Year

Washington Redskins Rookies Attend JA Finance Park for Second Year

On June 2, the Washington Redskins 2017 rookies got a lesson in the importance of budgeting last Friday afternoon, as they joined forces with students from Thomas G. Pullen Creative and Performing Arts Academy at JA Finance Park Prince George's County in Hyattsville, Md.

WSSC joins Junior Achievement as partner at both JA Finance Park® Prince George’s County and JA Finance Park® Montgomery County

WSSC joins Junior Achievement as partner at both JA Finance Park® Prince George’s County and JA Finance Park® Montgomery County

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) has agreed to a partnership with Junior Achievement of Greater Washington to serve as the Water, Sewer, Trash Kiosk partner at both JA Finance Park® Prince George’s County and JA Finance Park® Montgomery County.

The Clean Water Partnership performs retrofit at JA Finance Park® Prince George’s County

The Clean Water Partnership performs retrofit at JA Finance Park® Prince George’s County

Corvias Solutions is excited to announce its partnership with Junior Achievement (JA) of Greater Washington to perform stormwater retrofits at JA Finance Park® Prince George’s County located on the campus of G. James Gholson Middle School/Cora L. Rice Elementary Middle School in Landover, Maryland. The work will be performed under the Clean Water Partnership (CWP), a groundbreaking community based public-private partnership (CBP3) between Prince George’s County (the County) and Corvias Solutions to retrofit up to 2,000 acres of impervious surfaces using green infrastructure and drive local economic development by using local, small and minority businesses to build local capacity.

Junior Achievement continues Nation-wide Partnership with E*TRADE to Deliver JA® Programs to Local Students

Junior Achievement continues Nation-wide Partnership with E*TRADE to Deliver JA® Programs to Local Students

Junior Achievement USA (JA®) and E*TRADE today announced an initiative in which E*TRADE colleagues, leveraging JA® curriculum, will teach students in seven markets across the country, including Greater Washington.