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Walmart Foundation Announces $75,000 Grant to Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain

The Walmart Foundation’s Colorado State Giving Program announces a $75,000 grant for Junior Achievement - Rocky Mountain Inc. (JA) to support its mission of inspiring and preparing young people to succeed in a global economy. This grant will help provide JA programs and volunteers to 150 high school classrooms throughout the state of Colorado in [...]

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Announcing our 2010 JA Inspiration Scholarship Recipients

Junior Achievement received an astounding 105 applications for our JA Inspiration Scholarship, which provides college-bound recipients $2,000 per year for four years. Since the program began in 2007 JA has awarded 28 scholarships to students, totaling $167,000. This year’s recipients and school they will attend in the fall are:

Reuben Aguirre, West High School graduate, will [...]

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Tinker Toy Experiment

The purpose of this exercise is to expose participants to the impact of different leadership styles on the effectiveness and success of a team.  Each team is lead by a volunteer who takes on a specific leadership role (listed below), are charged with constructing a list of products and then selling those products.  The success [...]

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Learning the Art of Meditation, Relaxation and Yoga

Yesterday the JA Business Week students participated in a workshop, sponsored by Kaiser Permanente, that introduced them to the many different techniques and skills for reducing stress.  The truth is that stress is going to happen in your life and knowing the methods to reduce and manage that stress is a skill that will benefit [...]

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New Colorado Website Helps Students and Families “Make Cents” of Finances

Colorado students can boost their financial IQ while earning chances for college scholarships at EducationCents.org, a new website created by CollegeInvest, a not-for-profit division of the Colorado Department of Higher Education.
Educationcents.org features free interactive courses, tools and games to help students and their parents understand and take control of their finances.
The website also offers a [...]

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