HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS
As high school students begin to prepare themselves for their futures, they have many unanswered
questions about what lies ahead. Junior Achievement's high school programs help students make
informed, intelligent decisions about their futures, and foster skills that will be highly useful in their lives.
With a range of different programs that run one session a week for 8—10 weeks, Junior Achievement
teaches business, financial, and career concepts related to young people and their futures. From career
options to interviewing skills, the volunteers bring their own experience into the classroom at a time that
represents a critical crossroads for young people.
HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS INCLUDE:
- 9th—10th Grades: JA Finance Park®
- Junior Achievement gratefully acknowledges the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice for its dedication to the development and implementation of JA Finance Park.Taking students into the world of business, JA Finance Park is a month-long economics education program that introduces personal financial planning and career exploration. It is designed to be taught to middle grade and high school students by classroom teachers. At the culmination of this program, students visit JA Finance Park to put into practice what they've learned about economic options and the principles of budgeting. Assisted by their teachers and a staff of trained volunteers, they have the opportunity to actually develop and commit to a personal budget. Capital One/Junior Achievement Finance Park™ is the mobile version of JA Finance Park, taking financial literacy on the road!
The JA New York Finance Park program is generously funded by Capital One
- 9th—12th Grades: JA Job Shadow
- JA Job Shadow meets the needs of a diverse group of high school students by providing engaging, academically enriching, and experiential learning sessions in work-readiness education and career perspectives. Two pre-visit and one post-visit required, teacher-led sessions. Junior Achievement gratefully acknowledges the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice for its support of the program.
The JA New York Job Shadow program is generously supported in part by AT&T and Fed Ex Services
- 9th—12th Grades: JA Personal Finance®
- Requires Internet access
This is a comprehensive, web-based financial literacy program. Students develop the ability to make informed financial decisions and reach personal financial goals.
This program is generously supported, in part, by a National Council for Economic Education grant, provided through funding by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement; and a grant provided by ING
- 9th—12th Grades: JA Careers with a Purpose®
- JA Careers with a Purpose introduces students to the importance of seeking careers that help them realize their life potential and noble purpose.
- 9th—12th Grades: Exploring Economics®
- Through hands-on classroom activities, JA Exploring Economics fosters lifelong skills and knowledge about how an economy works, including micro-, macro-, personal, and international economics.
- 10th—12th Grades: JA New York Business Plan Competition
- This program is generously funded by the NASDAQ OMX Educational Foundation
- 10th—12th Grades: JA Banks In Action™
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Teaches high school students the principles of the banking industry and introduces them to the challenges of successfully operating a bank in a competitive environment.
This program is funded by a generous grant from the Citi Foundation
- 10th—12th Grades: JA Success Skills®
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Students develop their interpersonal effectiveness. The program helps them to identify careers of interest,
develop a resume, and practice interviewing through an in-depth look at their interpersonal skills.
This program has been funded, in part, by a generous grant from BNY Mellon and NY Life
- 9th—12th Grades: JA Business EthicsŪ
- Scandals in the business world have eroded public confidence. JA Business Ethics is designed to foster ethical decision-making in students as they prepare to enter the workforce. Students learn to recognize, analyze, and apply basic terminology, theories, and concepts common to the study of ethics. They explore their own ethical values and philosophy, establish ethical priorities, recognize key ethical issues, and learn to evaluate their decision-making process.
This program has been funded, in part, by a generous grant from BNY Mellon
- 11th—12th Grades: JA New York High School Heroes Program
- The JA New York High School Heroes Program is generously funded in part by Deloitte & Touche, TD Charitable Foundation and Turner Broadcasting System
- 11th—12th Grades: JA Company Program®
- Students learn to appreciate and better understand the role of business in our society as they organize and operate an actual business enterprise. This 1-2 semester program teaches them first-hand how businesses function within the U.S. marketplace and the challenges and benefits this system provides.
- 11th—12th Grades: JA Economics®
- May be taught with JA Titan or the JA Company Program
JA Economics examines the fundamental concepts of micro-, macro-, and international economics. Seven required volunteer-led activities.
