Junior Achievement

Cottonwood Elementary Junior Achievement ~ May 4, 2022, 9am-12pm

Cottonwood Elementary Junior Achievement is Spring 2022!

Junior Achievement inspires and prepares young people for success — Economic Empowerment through Education!

Every year the George S. and Dolores Eccles Foundation provides our school with the opportunity to participate in JA in a Day. This is a program that teaches financial literacy, work, career readiness and entrepreneurship to enhance student learning.

The Junior Achievement program provides the supplies and lesson kits to teach.

Program overview of the lesson kits in each grade:

JA Ourselves (Kindergarten) Introduces students to financial literacy and personal economics, the difference between needs and wants, the concept of money, particularly earning and saving, and the importance of giving to a worthy cause.

JA Our Families (First Grade) Introduces students to entrepreneurship and family systems and jobs and businesses within neighborhoods. The program extends learning on needs and wants and investigates the ways families spend money to acquire goods and services.

JA Our Community (Second Grade) Introduces students to work readiness and the characteristics of a community and how citizens within a community work a variety of jobs to earn income. Students pay taxes on their earnings and vote, an example of how responsible citizens act in a community.

JA Our City (Third Grade) Introduces students to financial literacy and how people and businesses earn, save, spend, and donate money and the importance of economic exchange within a city.

JA Our Region (Fourth Grade) Introduces students to entrepreneurship and regions, resources, and supply chains. The program provides students with a practical approach to starting a business while introducing them to trade, which leads to increased economic interdependence among global communities.

Learn more and get involved: jausa.ja.org