Junior Achievement Biztown

The Rochester City School District is pleased to announce a wonderful opportunity for 6th-grade students. Beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, 6th-grade students will participate in the Junior Achievement Biztown experience. This experience provides students with both in-class experiences centered around financial literacy and work and career readiness. The experience culminates in a visit to the Paychex Junior Achievement Discovery Center at Kodak Park. Here, at JA Biztown, students will use what they learned during 14 lessons delivered by the classroom teacher before the trip, students will “allow elementary school students to operate banks, manage restaurants, write checks, and vote for mayor. Students can connect the dots between what they learn in school and the real world.”

Field Trip Information

Experience Overview:

- Target Group: 6th-grade students in the Rochester City School District.
- Purpose: To provide students with financial literacy and work/career readiness skills.
- Culmination: A visit to the Paychex Junior Achievement Discovery Center at Kodak Park, where students apply their classroom learning in a simulated economy.

Curriculum and Trip Objectives:

Citizenship and Community Roles: Understanding roles as citizens, workers, and consumers.
Free Enterprise System: Basic understanding and importance of citizen rights and responsibilities.
Money Management: Practical knowledge of economic concepts and banking practices.
Business Practices: Understanding basic business responsibilities.
Soft Skills: Necessary for successful participation in the workforce.

Trip Details:

- Transportation: Coordinated by Central Office.
- Dress Code: Professional attire and weather-appropriate clothing.
- Parental Consent: Bring signed forms.
- Lunch: Central Office will coordinate. Please get lunches from school cafeteria prior to departure. JA Staff will help unload upon arrival.
- Anticipated Itinerary:
  - 9:15 - Depart school
  - 9:30 - Arrive at Biztown
  - 9:45 - Business start-up
  - 10:15 - Opening town meeting
  - 10:30 - Staff meetings
  - 10:45 - Banking and lunch rotations
  - 11:30 - Staff meetings
  - 11:50 - Shopping rotations
  - 12:35 - Business clean-up
  - 1:00 - Closing town meeting
  - 1:15 - Depart Biztown
  - 1:30 - Return to school

Steps for a Successful Experience:

Teacher Preparation:

- Review documents and schedule.
- Enroll in eLearning course SS_Junior Achievement (JA) BizTown - Teacher Curriculum Preparation and attend the open house. 24-25 schedule:
  - Section #79603 Round 1 schools: 4,16,12,19,23,35: 09/18/2024 - 09/25/2024
  - Section #79604 Round 2 schools: 8,9,22,45,33,28,46,52,50 - 10/07/2024 - 10/14/2024
  - Section #79605 Round 3 schools: 5, 17, 7, 34, 25, 58, 42, 53, 15, 54 - Section Dates: 12/09/2024 - 12/16/2024
- Complete and personalize field trip forms (A part of the eLearning).
- Obtain curriculum (either by attending an open house or coordinating with Central Office for delivery) and teacher the 14 lessons

Student Preparation:

- Conduct pre-program survey.
- Teach the 13 lessons from Junior Achievement.
- Respond to Junior Achievement’s email about job assignments.

Simulation Day:

- Be sure to get lunches
- Ensure student behavior is managed.
- Bring signed parental consent forms.

Post-Simulation:

- Conduct post-program survey.
- Reflect on the experience with students.
- Send social studies department pictures and feedback.

Questions? Needs?

RCSD Contacts

- Ryan Keating: ryan.keating@rcsdk12.org
- Tricia Gonzalez: tricia.gonzalez@rcsdk12.org

First Student (General Transportation)

- Barbara Groszewski: Barbara.Groszewski@firstgroup.com
- Bill Simpson: William.Simpson@firstgroup.com
- 585-647-9380

Junior Achievement Contacts

- Marie Kemp: marie.kemp@ja.org
- Ramona Englebrecht: ramona.englebrecht@ja.org

Monroe Transportation (Wheelchair Bus Transportation)

- Jennifer Tessier: Jennifer.Tessier@Monroeschooltrans.com
- 585-284-4640

JA BizTown Intro Video.mp4

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