Junior Achievement Day at North Vista Elementary solving To invigorate innovation, creativity and an entrepreneurial spirit among our youth The curriculum is aligned with the state standards. Junior Achievement’s distinction is a unique combination of proven, turn-key curricula and volunteer teachers from the business community who bring real-world experiences to the lessons. North Vista Elementary looks forward to partnering with Junior Achievement again during the summer for the Tiger Academy Children’s Defense Fund(R) Freedom Schools Program. On April 16, 2019, Kindergarten, First and Second grade students at North Vista Elementary School participated in Junior Achievement Day. Junior Achievement is a national, nonprofit organization that has been serving communities across the US for 100 years nationally and 50 years in South Carolina. Students at North Vista had the privilege of working with 16 amazing volunteers from the Army Reserves, PNC Bank, and Wells Fargo on community building, entrepreneurship, work readiness, and financial literacy. Junior Achievement bridges the business and education communities with hands-on, experiential financial literacy programs. Junior Achievement (JA) empowers young people to own their future economic success. Grade appropriate, materials- rich, JA programs provide students in grades K-12 with lessons focusing on the following overarching goals: To motivate and inspire students regarding the relevance and importance of school To enhance students’ knowledge about business, economics, and personal finance To improve work-readiness skills such as collaboration, communication and problem
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