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ARE YOU READY FOR THE CHALLENGE?

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT STOCK MARKET CHALLENGE
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Location: TBD

The Junior Achievement Stock Market Challenge is a night of intense trading where the stakes are high, the energy is electric and the money is imaginary! Teams of four are given $5,000 of virtual trading cash to buy, sell or trade mock shares of stock throughout the evening. The goal is to accumulate the highest possible net worth prior to the closing of trading. T… Continue

Teachers and students at the Mason School will never forget Friday, May 1st. Ernst & Young (E&Y) volunteers (12) proved that JA works!! 270 students in grades 1 - 5 were actively engaged and introduced to concepts about making individual choices, learning about money with an… Continue

April 17th was an exciting "JA in a Day" for students at the St. Patrick School in Roxbury. 15 Accenture volunteers delivered JA programs to students in grades 1 - 8. Accenture is committed to JA and the students at St. Patrick's; this is Accenture’s second year participating in the… Continue

JAEM would like to thank the BBJ for hosting 20 students from the Media Technology High School in W. Roxbury for Job Shadow Day on April 16th . Special thanks to Lauren Casey who coordinated for the BBJ and Mike Oliveiri, Publisher of the BBJ and JAEM Board Chair. View pictures of th… Continue

RHI employees volunteered for a JA in a Day event on April 17th at the Patrick O' Hearn School in Dorchester, MA. 16 RHI volunteers provided JA experiences to 189 students!!! Many thanks to Stephanie Powell who coordinated for RHI and Bill Driscoll, President of RH… Continue