Junior Achievement

- JA is the successful bridge between education and business -

From 2003 to 2006 I taught economics at Valley Christian High School through Junior Achievement. Junior Achievement is a program that brings professionals into schools to apply real world examples to class material.

For the first few weeks student teams are pitted against each other playing a business simulation game. All teams have similar products and compete through production, price and product strategies. (for more information or to play a practice game go to http://titan.ja.org/). In addition to teaching these strategies I also cover topics about life after high school (interviewing, investing, saving money and the basics of business). I put pictures of the winning teams from each of my classes below along with more information about Junior Achievement.

Enron 3-D Inc

J.P. Grako, Courtney Crawford, Keenan Donahue, Matt Christopher

JA Titan Winning Company Spring'06

Performance Index = ~ 180?

N-Ron Inc

Eric Scott, Jim Clifton, Brady Archambo

JA Titan Winning Company Spring'05

Performance Index = 182

Brown Inc

Jason Denison, Alec Johnston, Steve Egbert, Chris Brown, Jay Lambert

JA Titan Winning Company Fall'04

Performance Index = 209

VersaCorp Inc

Justin Clavell, Jake Norton, Dallas Nichols, David Mehlhorn

JA Titan Winning Company Spring'04

Performance Index = 202

MONOKE! Inc

Stephanie, Charlie, Nikki

JA Titan Winning Company Fall'03

Performance Index = 106
4th Hour Economics at Valley Christian High School
As high school students begin to position themselves for their future, there are many unanswered questions about what lies ahead. Junior Achievement's High School Programs help students make informed, intelligent decisions about their future, and foster skills that will be highly useful in the business world. With a range of different programs, Junior Achievement teaches about concepts from microeconomics and macroeconomics to free enterprise. The volunteers bring real-life business experience and guidance into the classroom at a time that represents an essential crossroads for young people.