JA Elementary Grades Programs

(Kindergarten) uses compelling stories read aloud by the volunteer, along with hands-on activities, to demonstrate helping, working, earning, and saving. Five required, volunteer-led activities.
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(1st Grade) emphasizes the roles people play in the local economy and engages students with activities about needs, wants, jobs, tools and skills, and interdependence. Five required, volunteer-led activities.
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(2nd Grade) explores the interdependent roles of workers in a community, the work they perform, and how communities work. Five required, volunteer-led activities.
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(3rd Grade) studies careers, the skills people need to work in specific careers, and how businesses contribute to a city. Five required, volunteer-led activities.
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(4th Grade) introduces students to entrepreneurship and how entrepreneurs use resources to produce goods and services in a community. Students solve problems by weighing risks and rewards.read more

“Junior Achievement helped me learn about a lot of things like resources, business, and profit and loss. We got to be entrepreneurs!” - 4th Grade Student, South Street Elementary

(5th Grade) provides practical information about businesses’ need for individuals who can meet the demands of the job market, including high-growth, high-demand jobs. Students will learn that businesses need workers with skills that are in demand, such as STEM skills – science, technology, engineering and math. They’ll understand that people who have these skills benefit from a growing number of career opportunities.
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(After School) teaches students about earning, spending, sharing, and saving money, and businesses they can start or jobs they can perform to earn money. Six required, after-school, volunteer-led activities. Program can be used in classroom and after school setting.
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