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JA Finance Park Virtual

What is JA Finance Park Virtual®?

Imagine you're a 27-year-old single parent working as an office assistant and making $25,000 a year, or perhaps you are a single 35-year-old regional manager making $65,000 annually. How will you manage your money? Through a series of classroom activities and a virtual experience in JA Finance Park, students experience making real-life financial decisions including choices related to income, expenses, savings & credit.
 

JA Finance Park Virtual Lessons Outline

Teachers can present the lessons included in JA Finance Park at any time. Teachers should determine, in advance, which lessons they would like their volunteer to present- this could be determined by scheduling needs and/or the volunteer's area of expertise. Some lessons are more conducive to being volunteer-led. The lessons included in the four, core units are key to the student's success in the virtual Finance Park simulations. Additionally, the extension activities may be more relevant at some grade levels than others.
 
 
To experience the Western New York cityscape version of JA Finance Park Virtual, visit: https://jafinancepark2.ja.org. Username: JAWNY Password: JAeducate1
 
For more information about volunteering and participating in the JA Finance Park Virtual program, email Alycia Ivancie.
 

Teachers & Volunteers

To access the additional resources, such as PowerPoints, careers cluster sheets, and more needed for JA Finance Park, please visit: https://www.juniorachievement.org/web/programs/resources
 
 For sponsorship information, please email Lisa Roy. Sponsorship brochure here. 
 

JA Finance Park Virtual is Proudly Presented by Delta Air Lines

Storefront Sponsors

Bryant & Stratton College (Education)
GEICO (Auto Insurance)
National Grid (Electricity)
Towne Automotive Group (Transportation) 
Wegmans (Grocery)
 

Airplane Sponsor

Delta Air Lines
 

Stock Ticker Sponsor

Delta Air Lines
Lamar Advertising
 

Billboard Sponsors

Ciminelli Real Estate
Lamar Advertising
KPMG
Junior Achievement of WNY Board of Directors
 

Classroom Sponsor

WSF Industries 

  • "Junior Achievement has given me a sense of what adults go through with budget issues."

    -Junior Achievement Student

  • "Junior Achievement reinforced concepts for me to remember later in life."

    -Junior Achievement Student

  • "I thought the experience was amazing. The presentation was unlike anything I've seen."

    -Junior Achievement Student

  • "I liked how the Junior Achievement volunteer explained his job to us."

    -Junior Achievement Student

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