About Junior Achievement and
JA Take Stock in Your Future

Welcome

Thank you for devoting your time and enthusiasm to JA Take Stock in Your Future and introducing students in your region to financial literacy. As a JA Take Stock in Your Future volunteer, you join the ranks of Junior Achievement USA, a nonprofit organization that has contributed to the business and economic education of more than 100 million young people around the world since its founding in 1919. 

About Junior Achievement USA

Junior Achievement USA (JA; JA USA) is a nonprofit organization financed by businesses, foundations, government, and individuals. Since its founding in 1919, Junior Achievement has contributed to the business and economic education of more than 100 million young people around the world.

 Junior Achievement USA is the nation's largest organization dedicated to educating students in grades K-12 about entrepreneurship, work readiness, and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programs designed to help students understand the economics of life. In partnership with businesses and educators, JA brings the real world to students, opening their minds to their potential.

For more information about Junior Achievement USA programs for high school, middle school, and elementary school, visit JA online at www.ja.org or send mail to:  Product Development, Junior Achievement USA National Office, 12320 Oracle Blvd. Ste 310, Colorado Springs, CO 80921.

Sponsorship

Junior Achievement USA® gratefully acknowledges RSM US LLP for its commitment to the development and implementation of the JA Take Stock in Your Future™ high school program.

Junior Achievement USA appreciates its collaboration with RSM US LLP to teach students about how the stock market works, how current events affect the stock market, and general investing concepts. This collaboration provides high school students with the opportunity to discover the benefits and challenges of investing in the stock market as part of a broader, long-term investment strategy.

JA Take Stock in Your Future

The JA Take Stock in Your Future program introduces high school students to invest in the stock market as part of a long-term investment strategy.

The classroom curriculum introduces high school students to basic concepts about how the stock market works, the effect of current events on the stock market, and investing concepts. Students will discover the benefits and challenges of investing in the stock market as part of a broader, long-term investment strategy.

The learning concepts progress from foundational principles through an application, synthesis, and immersion in, primarily, JA’s Financial Literacy Pathway competencies, and, secondarily, in JA’s Work & Career Readiness Pathway competencies.

Program Goals

By participating in this program, students will:

1. Explore how a company’s performance on the stock market can be influenced by current events.

2. Understand how a diversified investment portfolio can include investment in the stock market.

3. Practice buying and selling shares of stocks in a fictional stock market.

4. Understand the risks associated with the stock market and the importance of a diversified portfolio.