JA of THE Eastern Shore Area News
September 5, 2019 JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT SEEKS CLASSROOM VOLUNTEERS
Salisbury, MD - A local nonprofit is seeking classroom volunteers to deliver educational programs on financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship. As the school year begins, officials with Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore are encouraging community members to volunteer for hands-on programs that inspire students to live within their means, prepare the world of work and understand the free enterprise system... Read More
August 31, 2019 CLUB LEARNS ABOUT JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Cambridge, MD – Jayme Hayes, president of Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore, spoke to the Rotary Club of Cambridge about the works of Junior Achievement and how they have impacted Dorchester County. The Organization covers Talbot, Dorchester, Caroline, Wicomico, Somerset and Worcester counties... Read More
August 19, 2019 GO BACK TO SCHOOL...AS A JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT VOLUNTEER
Eastern Shore, MD - Back-to-school season is here. In the coming days, thousands of area students will be back in the classroom to learn reading, writing, math, and so many other invaluable skills. One experience they may have in their class is a Junior Achievement (JA) program. Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore is seeking classroom volunteers to help students make a connection between what they are learning in school and how it will apply later in life... Read More
July 1, 2019 JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE EASTERN SHORE REACHES 9,000 STUDENTS IN 2018-2019
Salisbury, MD - Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore (JAES) is proud to announce that in the 2018-2019 school year its programs reached more than 9,000 students. During the 2018-2019 school year, JAES served 9,448 students in 416 classes with more than 73,000 volunteer hours spent with local students. Its programs were brought to life by 231 volunteers, with funding from more than 200 donors... Read More
June 20, 2019 JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT CELEBRATES EDUCATION MILESTONE
Salisbury, MD - Junior Achievement celebrated a major milestone, on Thursday, announcing they served almost 9,500 students this past year. Officials say that number is almost 1,500 more students than last year. The non-profit's goal is to bridge the gap between the education and business communities... Read More
May 31, 2019 TALBOT SCHOOLS THANKS COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Easton, MD - Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore was awarded the District Partner of the Year Award. The nonprofit organization is dedicated to educating youth grades K through 12 both public and private on financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship... Read More
May 23, 2019 INAUGURAL BOWL-A-THON A SUCCESS
Easton, MD - Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore (JAES) is proud to announce that its inaugural Bowl-a-Thon, held at Easton Bowling Center on Monday, April 29, raised nearly $19,000 for Mid-Shore students. This is enough to teach 500 students... Read More
May 19, 2019 JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT RAISES MONEY FOR STUDENTS
Easton, MD - Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore raised about $19,000 for Mid-Shore students at its inaugural Bowl-a-Thon. The fundraiser was held at Easton Bowling Center on Monday, April 29, and 96 bowlers from Caroline, Dorchester and Talbot counties participated. The amount raised is enough to teach 500 Mid-Shore students... Read More
March 14, 2019 JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT HOLDS FIRST 'LIFE FAIR' IN SALISBURY
Salisbury, MD - On Tuesday, Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore hosted its inaugural JA Inspire event. Throughout the course of the day, eighth-grade students from Wicomico County schools interacted with the Eastern Shore's top industry professionals to learn about various career paths... Read More
February 19, 2019 LOCAL NONPROFIT WINS TWO NATIONAL AWARDS
Salisbury, MD - The Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore team is proud to announce they have received two national awards from JA USA based on their impact and overall performance. These two new awards come on the tails of their recent Henson Nonprofit Award of Excellence from the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore.... Read More
December 12, 2018 ANOTHER KIND OF FINANCIAL CRISIS: JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT COMBATS SHORE STUDENT FINANCIAL ILLITERACY
Talbot County, MD - Little did Junior Achievement know when it started nearly one hundred years ago that the financial education organization would be as timely in 2018 as it was when founded in 1919. J.A., as it's known to millions of students and volunteers, continues a tradition of engaging young people in the fundamental basics of work readiness, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship at a time when those skill sets are in extremely high demand... Read More
December 11, 2018 JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT HOSTS AG DAY
Talbot County, MD - On November 16, about 175 fourth graders at Easton Elementary School participated in the Ag Day festivities hosted by Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore. What resulted was a group of very eager youngsters and pleased agriculture proponents... Read More
November 21, 2018 JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT'S EXPO TEACHES FOURTH GRADERS ABOUT AG INDUSTRY
Easton, MD - Fourth grade students at a Talbot County elementary school got an up-close look at agriculture and the local careers available in the industry through a pilot program from Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore and business sponsors... Read More
November 13, 2018 SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TO VISIT EASTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR "AG DAY" EVENT
Talbot County, MD - Joseph Bartenfelder, Secretary of Agriculture for the state of Maryland, will visit Easton Elementary School on Friday, November 16th, to partake in the Ag Day festivities hosted by Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore... Read More
November 7, 2018 PROGRAM AIMS TO TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT BUDGETING IN THE REAL WORLD
Somerset County, MD - As a child, many of us dreamt of the day we'd become adults. We couldn't wait to be out in the real world. Well, this week, the 7th-grade students in Somerset County got a taste of what that might be like. Thanks to Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore, the 7th graders got to visit a new Finance Park facility in Silver Spring, MD... Read More
October 22, 2018 THE IMPORTANCE OF FINANCIAL LITERACY
Easton, MD - Children are not born with an innate sense of financial literacy. The best way a child becomes financially literate is for a parent to lead by example. Young adults need to know how to balance a ledger and live on a budget to become fiscally responsible adults. Not knowing these life skills can lead to devastating results, so says panelists at the Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore's Financial Literacy Summit on October 2 in Easton... Read More