Tag: high school program

June 26, 2013

Jessica Mason Empowers Teenagers at JA Business Week

Jessica Mason What happens when you mix 13 diverse high school teenagers from across Colorado with one adult volunteer mentor and ask them to complete a team project by the...

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Entrepreneurial Summit

By Mia Voss of the Mia Connect As a first-time participant in JA Business Week, I was anticipating great things. But I had no idea how life-changing it would be! Beginning...

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June 19, 2013

JA Business Week: One Shining Moment

Junior Achievement (JA) announced the three winning student teams from its annual JA Business Week, a one-of-a-kind summer camp that lets high school students experience the business world, develop leadership...

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JA Business Week Winning Teams

Junior Achievement (JA) announced the three winning student teams from its annual JA Business Week, a one-of-a-kind summer camp that lets high school students experience the business world, develop leadership...

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June 14, 2013

“The energy in the room was truly miraculous”

JA Business Week students practice the fine art of networking The afternoon before Mocktails started off with an empowering and captivating presentation about how to shape your own personal network...

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June 13, 2013

JA Business Week students practice the fine art of networking

By Nina Asher, JA Business Week Student As we were taught throughout JA Business Week, networking is important to your success in a business and as a business person. We...

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May 7, 2013

“Despite our hesitance, we listened, and boy did we learn”

It was freshman year and our economics class entered to a Junior Achievement volunteer ready to teach us about business ethics. Honestly, as 14 year old freshmen, we didn’t think...

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November 20, 2012

JA Finance Park gave students a taste of the real world

By Allyson Espinal, Public Relations Officer at Rangeview High School On November 12, 2012, all DECA students, in addition to Mrs. Franklin’s Accounting class, and Mr. Campo’s class had the opportunity...

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