JA Finance Park and Kids for Colorado Gives teach the value of philanthropy
Students at JA Finance Park plan their household budgets with the help of a JA volunteer For more than five years, the Community First Foundation and JA-Rocky Mountain have partnered...
Northern Colorado JA Stock Market Challenge
Teams from 11 Northern Colorado high schools competed in the JA Stock Market Challenge More than 550 students from 11 area high schools competed in the Northern Colorado JA Stock...
The JA Stock Market Challenge is an Investment in the Economic Futures of 1,300 High School Students
Students from 38 high schools competed in this year's JA Stock Market Challenge Students from 38 Colorado high schools converged to compete at 2016 JA Stock Market Challenge, presented by...
Students from mountain communities visit Denver businesses, gain financial know-how
Throughout the 2016/17 school year, mountain communities will visit Denver to participate in Junior Achievement’s JA Destination Success program. Students will visit three Denver-area businesses to gain insights into the...
Comcast delivers meaningful multi-faceted partnership
Most companies have corporate social responsibility objectives, and Junior Achievement (JA) often plays a large role in helping organizations achieve these goals. The days when a company simply wrote a...
JA Kick Start Your Future: A Valuable Collaboration for Denver’s Kids
For a second year, JA-Rocky Mountain partnered with the Denver Police Department, the Denver Mayor's office and several other organizations to offer JA Kick Start Your Future– a week-long summer...
You may need to remind yourself: These are high school students on summer vacation
A volunteer exclaimed, “Speaking with these students today has completely changed my outlook on the next generation.” This comment followed the JA Business Week Entrepreneurship lunch where more than 20...
Attending JA Business Week for the first time, I was hoping to get a taste of the business world; something to give me an understanding of business and whether it’s...
E-Mentoring Provides Students with Insights into Entrepreneurship
Chef Lisa Givens I participated in the 2016 JA Business Week E-mentoring session held at Johnson & Wales University. This session was similar to "speed dating" or what I called...