Author: jacolorado

February 3, 2014

JA Job Shadow prepares local students to be entrepreneurial thinkers

JA Job Shadow, presented by Pinnacol Assurance, prepares local high school students to be entrepreneurial thinkers in their approach to work. The program includes teacher-led classroom instruction focusing on key work-readiness...

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January 31, 2014

“It’s a great little walk down memory lane”

Christina Schultz JA volunteer Christina Schultz has shown her passion for the JA mission not only though her growing participation in JA programs, but also by encouraging her coworkers at...

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January 8, 2014

A simple way to support Peyton Manning & JA at the same time!

The NFL announced that quarterback Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos is a finalist for the FedEx Air NFL Player of the Year, an honor he won last year. Until...

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January 2, 2014

“It is so wonderful to challenge & be challenged by teenagers”

Laurie Raskasky Laurie Raskasky, CPA and owner of Balanced Outcomes, credits her experience as a JA student for shaping her understanding and passion for business and entrepreneurship. After college and...

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December 17, 2013

Teens & Millennials: Holiday Shopping 2013

According to a new survey of teens and Millennials ages 14 to 29 by Junior Achievement and Ypulse, 87 percent said they plan to buy holiday gifts this year. But...

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November 12, 2013

Record-Breaking JA Stock Market Challenge

A record number of students from 44 area high schools competed in this year’s JA Stock Market Challenge, presented by Great West-Great-Teachers, a program of Great-West Financial.  Students got some hands...

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October 31, 2013

Local JA students benefit from Sam’s Club

Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain, Inc. has received a $16,000 grant to support its entrepreneurship programs in 15 local Denver-area classrooms. Sam’s Club presented the grant in support of its focus on youth entrepreneurship...

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October 28, 2013

JA Communications & High Tech Industry Challenge

Technology and communications companies are no strangers to competition or community involvement.  So it’s no wonder industry leaders jumped at the chance to compete against each other for the good...

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Orthodontists interact with teenagers on a different level through volunteering

As professionals whose work is to “straighten” their patients’ lives, it only makes sense that orthodontists Dr. Trent Nestman and Dr. Albert Eng are in the classroom doing the same for...

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