Category Archives: JA programs

New York Life Foundation helps JA prepare students for success in high school

This summer, Junior Achievement will once again participate in Denver Public Schools’ Ninth Grade Summer Academy, taking place in eleven local high schools July 28th through August 8th. JA has received generous support from the New York Life Foundation to participate in this year’s program, which will reach approximately 2,000 ninth grade students.
The Academy is [...]

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King Soopers awards grant to Junior Achievement

Junior Achievement - Rocky Mountain Inc. (JA) announced today that it has received a $9,917 grant from King Soopers. The funds were raised through King Sooper’s Coin Canister Program, and will be used to support JA programs for K-12th grade students in metro Denver and Northern Colorado.
The check was presented this afternoon to coincide with [...]

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Ca$h, Cars & Credit coming this Friday

On Friday, Allstate will team up with Junior Achievement - Rocky Mountain, Inc. (JA) and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City - Denver Branch today to deliver “Ca$h, Cars & Credit” - an innovative financial literacy and life skills program - to 100 local students at the Fed.  
In celebration of April as national “Financial [...]

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JA Business Week students experience Good Times & great success

What could be sweeter than doing something really fun, learning a lot, and then getting paid for it? That’s exactly what seven enterprising local high school students are experiencing right now, as they reap the rewards for their entrepreneurial efforts put forth during the 2007 JA Business Week.  
Business Week is JA’sannual week-long business and [...]

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