Category Archives: Three Pillars of Junior Achievement

Hinkley High School Students Participate in Mock Interviews

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As part of the Junior Achievement program, students from the Career Development class at Hinkley High School recently participated in mock interviews to help them prepare for future job and college interviews.

The interviews were coordinated by Leo DeGreef, a Lockheed Martin Employee and Junior Achievement volunteer. DeGreef brought in colleagues from Lockheed Martin to interview the students.

According to Career Development Teacher Holly Smith, bringing in someone from the outside who is not a teacher or school employee can give students a reality check. “Sometimes students need to hear from people out there in the real world,” Smith said. “When they saw all those business people come in all dressed up to interview them, they thought, ‘I really need to step up, because I’m showing myself off to these people.’”

Throughout the school year, Junior Achievement has been teaching classes that will give Hinkley students important career skills, such as how to dress for an interview, goal-setting, teamwork and workforce values. All of this preparation culminated in the mock interviews.

Money Smart Colorado Week 2010

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If you have ever had any questions about financial management, then this is the week for you. Money Smart Colorado is offering free educational classes from now until May 1, 2010. The classes are anything from teaching your kids how to save money, how to grow your own business, one-on-one financial coaching, buying your first home and many more! Along with these classes Junior Achievement – Rocky Mountain Inc. is providing their programs to classrooms all over the Denver Metro Area. JA is teach K-12 grade students all about financial literacy and entrepreneurship.

The goal of Money Smart Colorado is to help bring awareness to people about how essential it is to be financially literate and to understand the importance of how to budget your money. This is all made possible through organizations across the state including; financial institutions, schools, libraries, not-for-profits, government agencies and the media.

Click here for more information about Money Smart Week.

Today is Teach Your Kid to Save Day!

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Too many parents assume that their children are learning about financial literacy in the classroom. According to the 2006 Capitol One Back to School Survey, Only 43 percent of parents have discussed the importance of prioritizing needs and wants with their kids, and a surprising 42 percent of parents have not taken any steps whatsoever to discuss financial basics with their children.

With April being Financial Literacy Month, it is the perfect time for parents to sit down and discuss with their children how important it is to save their money. These lessons can be taught to children of any age but more importantly need to be taught to young adults to who are getting ready to go off to college and manage their own bank accounts and credit cards.

While it is important for parents to be talking to their kids about money, Junior Achievement is a great way for them to be learning about it while in school. Junior Achievement teaches students practical skills that position them for success, such as how to create and use a personal budget, how to calculate the cost of credit, and the importance of saving and investing for the future. And, our programs are often delivered by volunteers from the local business community, who can provide positive career role models for students.

We encourage the business community to support organizations such as Junior Achievement, which reaches 95,000 students in the Denver Metro area. Results indicate that Junior Achievement programs help students develop successful financial management habits. In addition, Junior Achievement programs help students become workforce-ready by teaching leadership, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills.

5th Graders Take the Reins at the Hyatt

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Ed Bucholtz with JA student Daniel On Tuesday, 30 fifth grade students from CMS Community School in Denver too control of the Hyatt Regency Denver at Convention Center.  Students spent the day shadowing employees of the 1,100 room hotel.  They were working with everyone from  to chefs, security guards, valets, to front desk personnel, concierge and engineers.  One student even got to spend the day with General Manager, Ed Bucholtz.

“We do it because it’s the right thing to do,” said Bucholtz. “It’s a way to expose these great kids to our industry and give them an opportunity to kind of see it from the inside out.”

These 30 students got a behind the scenes look at running this luxury hotel, and who know…maybe one of them will be the General Manager of this hotel in the future.  Click here to see the story 9News did on this event.

Junior Achievement Rocky Mountain Asks Denver to Get Out the Vote For $1 Million Grant

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Sam’s Club Selects JA as one of eight nonprofits who could win big during “Giving Made Simple” Campaign

JA Be EntrepreneurialJunior Achievement – Rocky Mountain (JA) has been selected to participate in the Sam’s Club Giving Made Simple campaign, with the chance to win a $1 million grant.

Giving Made Simple is an online voting campaign in which Sam’s Club members and associates will determine how the company will allocate $4 million in charitable contributions to eight nonprofit organizations that support programs dedicated to education and small business development. The campaign runs from April 8 to May 2; the winners will be announced May 4, 2010.

“We are thrilled to be selected by Sam’s Club to participate in this online voting campaign,” said Robin Wise, president and CEO of Junior Achievement – Rocky Mountain. “With their contribution, we will be able to reach more students across the country with our entrepreneurship programs. We’re asking all of our friends, family and supporters who are Sam’s members to go online and vote for us every day through May 2.”

Giving Made Simple voting works like this—by logging on to www.samsclub.com/giving, (or by visiting Sam’s Club’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/samsclub and clicking on the “Giving” tab)—Sam’s Club members and associates can vote for one of the eight participating organizations. They can cast one vote per day for the duration of the campaign. The number of votes will determine which two organizations—one in the education category and one in the entrepreneurship category—receive $1 million for first place; $500,000 for second place; and $250,000 each for third and fourth place.

With the potential $1 million grant from Sam’s Club, Junior Achievement will broaden the reach of its JA Be Entrepreneurial™ program. The program is targeted to high school students and shows them how to build and run a real business from the ground up; it is one of JA’s newest programs and currently reaches 8,000 U.S. students. JA Be Entrepreneurial™ could reach 14,000 more students with the prize money from Sam’s Club, including hundreds of students in Colorado and Wyoming.