Inspire and Prepare Young People to Succeed
Junior Achievement of Greater St. Louis
Helps Prepare Today's Students for a Bright Future
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JA of Greater St. Louis's volunteer-delivered, kindergarten-12th grade programs foster work-readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy skills, and use experiential learning to inspire students in our community to dream big and reach their potential.
Why Junior Achievement?
JA helps students realize that the education they are getting today will help them to have a bright future tomorrow. JA's unique, volunteer delivered programs, show them all of the possibilities that lay before them. They realize they can choose different paths; College? A specific trade? Start their own business? Through your participation as an organization or as an individual, these statistics below can begin to change in your community:
- 20% of U.S. students will not complete high school on time and earn a diploma.
- 49% of U.S. employers recognize that talent shortages impact their ability to serve clients and customers.
- 36% of Americans say that they have at some point in their lives felt their financial situation was out of control.
- 91% of millennials wish they had greater access to entrepreneurial education programs.
Which Way To JA?
Corporate Donor
Your corporation can support the growing need for youth development in Greater St. Louis by helping today's students with the critical skills and the character necessary to succeed in your 21st century workplace.
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Individual Donor
Not affiliated with a corporation partnered with JA? You can make a donation directly to JA of Greater St. Louis!
CORPORATE VOLUNTEER
By volunteering for JA through your organization, you can be in the classroom during work hours and you can share your experience and inspire young people to pursue their dreams.
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INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEER
Not affiliated with a corporation partnered with JA? You can volunteer in your community directly with JA of Greater St. Louis!
EDUCATOR
Quality volunteers from the community come into your classroom to deliver proven, hands-on programming that inspires students to understand the opportunities provided by education.
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LEARN MORE ABOUT JA PROGRAMS
Not an Educator? Find out how you can get JA programs into your Greater St. Louis school!
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JA of Greater St. Louis Spotlight
JA Summer Camps
Junior Achievement offers fun, engaging and enriching programs to school-age childeren at No Cost to You! Our programs are implemented by on-site staff throughout the summer or anytime during the school year.
JA Finance Park® and JA BizTown®
Innovative, bold, relevant. JA Finance Park and JA BizTown is all that, and more. It's a financial literacy laboratory that inspires and prepares youth to succeed. This campus is an exciting reality-based learning environment for middle and high school students.
Share Your #JAStory
The JA experience impacts lives with its hands-on programs and real-world relevance. As a volunteer, teacher, donor or student you have seen that first hand. Please share what JA has meant to you!
Join Us For The JA Career Fair
At the Fall 2018 JA Career Fair, students will meet with representatives from the six career pathways who will share their stories – the paths to their jobs – education and training requirements for their professions and what a typical day on the job looks like.
