Our programs are funded by businesses and individuals, and are designed to be taught in the classroom by business, parent, and community volunteers. Classroom volunteers make economic concepts relevant, fuel the entrepreneurial spirit, and challenge the students to excel. JA's unique delivery system provides the training, materials, and support necessary to ensure a positive experience. Our materials include curriculum for elementary, middle and high school students.

Junior Achievement is currently providing:

• Scholarship Opportunities Students who have completed JA classes are eligible for a variety of scholarship opportunities. Current monies available include
  
  New Entrepreneurial Scholarship Opportunity
  The McKelvey Foundation offers a scholarship to young entrepreneurs who have started their own businesses and would like to attend college. Go to http://www.mckelveyfoundation.org/national_scholarship.html to find out more about the eligibility requirements and benefits. The application deadline is coming up quickly—January 31, 2007.
  JA Worldwide would like to acknowledge JA of New York for sharing this national scholarship possibility. Questions? Contact Kittie Tamayo at ktamayo@ja.org or 719-540-6211.
  
  
  
  Junior Achievement Students Eligible for Johnson & Wales University Scholarships
  The JWU National Student Organizations (NSO) scholarship/admissions application is now available. JWU has campuses in North Miami, Florida, as well as Rhode Island, Colorado, and North Carolina. They offer two-and-four-year degrees in business, hospitality, culinary arts, and technology. NSO provides scholarships from $1,000 to full tuition to students who have participated in a Junior Achievement high school program. Last year, more than $100,000 was awarded. Contact Scott Galvin at sgalvin@jamiami.org for applications.
  
  
  JA Worldwide Scholarships We are currently seeking applicants for three scholarships and are asking for your assistance in spreading the word to students in your area. The deadline for applying for each of these scholarships is February 1, 2008. All applications submitted for these scholarships must be postmark by that date.
  
  These scholarships include:
  2008 Hugh B. Sweeny Achievement Award Application
  2008 Joe Francomano Scholarship Application
  2008 Walt Disney Company Foundation Scholarship Application
  
  Downloadable, printer-friendly, documents providing details about each scholarship are available online on www.ja.org at http://www.ja.org/programs/programs_schol.shtml for students, parents, guidance counselors, and teachers.
  
  Feel free to duplicate and distribute scholarship applications to share with your school guidance counselors, teachers, parents, and volunteers to encourage outstanding and deserving JA students to apply.
  
  
  Junior Achievement and Deloitte launch third “Excellence through Ethics” essay contest; $5000 college scholarship will be awarded to winner
  

  Students invited to compete for $5,000 college scholarship in fourth annual Excellence through Ethics essay contest

  Colorado Springs, Colo. Junior Achievement (JA) and Deloitte today announced the launch of their fourth annual Excellence through Ethics” essay contest, in which high school seniors are asked to apply their knowledge of ethical decision-making and share their views on the importance of ethics in business. To enter, high school seniors must compose an original essay of 500 words or less in response to an ethical dilemma posted on Junior Achievement's Web site, located at www.ja.org. Entries must be submitted online and will be accepted starting today, until March 28, 2008.

  The winning essay will be selected by members of the Junior Achievement Blue Ribbon Panel on Ethics, comprised of corporate ethics officers and noted academicians. The essays will be judged on criteria that includes how well the student analyzes the situation, presents a well-supported argument in response to the dilemma, and how thoughtfully they articulate the importance of ethics in business.

  The contest is part of Deloitte's $2 million commitment to Junior Achievement to promote ethical decision-making among young people. Results of the fifth annual JA/Deloitte Teen Ethics Survey revealed that the majority of teens surveyed (71 percent) feel fully prepared to make ethical decisions when they enter the workforce. Yet, 38 percent of that group believes it is sometimes necessary to cheat, plagiarize, lie or even behave violently in order to succeed. Nearly one-quarter (24 percent) of all teens surveyed think cheating on a test is acceptable on some level, and more than half of those teens (54 percent) say their personal desire to succeed is the rationale.

  This contest gives students a great opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the critical importance of ethical behavior in the workplace while they try to earn money for college, said Sean C. Rush, president and chief executive officer of Junior Achievement. JA's ethics curricula are a key component of our workforce readiness programs. We are proud to work with Deloitte to promote this important initiative and provide young people with ethical decision-making tools.

   Business leaders believe that practical application is one of the best forms of instruction.  Applying the ethical decision-making concepts to a real-life scenario, when multiple angles must be considered, is a great way to enhance the learning process, said Ainar D. Aijala, Jr., Global Managing Partner, Consulting, Deloitte and Chairman of the Board, JA Worldwide.  The contest will be a valuable exercise for every student who competes.

  Junior Achievement and Deloitte recently launched JA Business Ethics™ in a continuation of their $2 million initiative to help young people make ethical decisions. Developed to address the needs of high school students, JA Business Ethics provides hands-on classroom activities and real-life applications designed to foster ethical decision-making as students prepare to enter the workforce. Students examine how their beliefs align with major ethics theories and learn the benefits and advantages of having a code of ethics. Additionally, Junior Achievement recently updated its original Deloitte-sponsored ethics program, Excellence through Ethics™, which is available online at ja.org free of charge and provides age-appropriate lessons for students in grades 4-12.

   To enter the contest, students must have completed at least one Junior Achievement lesson in ethical decision-making. For more information on the Excellence through Ethics essay contest, including the complete contest rules, please visit www.ja.org/ethics.
  

• Elementary, Middle and High School Classroom Programs: These programs are the backbone of all Junior Achievement programming around the world – active volunteers from the business community teaching hour-long lessons each week in local classrooms. These programs last 5 to 10 weeks, depending on the grade level.
• After School Programs: Quality after-school programs should be viewed as an opportunity to add to the knowledge and skills students are already cultivating, rather than just an obligation to occupy their time. Junior Achievement has successfully provided after-school programs for decades.
• JA Day is a one-day event that is hosted at a local elementary, middle, or high school. The school blocks out 4 hours of a particular day and allows JA volunteers to teach the entire program during that time. Popular with both schools and companies, JA Days are becoming more and more common.
• Job Shadow: The Junior Achievement Job Shadow Experience allows students to live in the adult world for a day. Paired with their “Shadow Hosts”, they explore different aspects of working in a particular industry and what skills they are learning in school that are needed in the working world. They then join classmates, other area students, teachers and workplace employees for a luncheon to discuss what they observed and learned.

JA Business Ethics Essay Competition
Who Can Participate: 2007-2008 JA Business Ethics students.
Essay Submission Deadline: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
For timeline, rules, requirements, and scoring criteria, click here for the Ethics Competition website.

JA Banks in Action North American Competition (BIA)
Dates of Event: June 30-July 1, 2008
Where: New York City, New York
Who Can Participate: 2007-2008 North American (Canada and United States) student teams participating in JA Banks in Action. For schedule, rules, and eligibility requirements, click here to visit the Banks In Action website.
Virtual Elimination Round: May 6-7, 2008.

FedEx Global Student Company of the Year Student Ambassador Selection
Dates of Event: July 24-27, 2008
Where: Stockholm, Sweden
Who Can Participate: North American (Canada and United States), Latin American and Mexican student participants who fulfill posted requirements. For schedule, rules, and eligibility requirements. click here for the Student Ambassador Application.
Application Deadline: Friday, March 21, 2008

Hewlett-Packard Global Business Challenge (HPGBC)
Dates of Event: Tentatively scheduled for the week of August 18-22, 2008
Where: Colorado Springs, Colorado at JA Worldwide Headquarters
Who Can Participate: JA students or alumni between the ages of 14 and 22 in any global region with JA Worldwide program experience including but not limited to JA Titan, JA Company Program, JA Economics, and/or GLOBE. For schedule, rules, and eligibility requirements. click here for the Global Business Challenge website.
Registration and Important Deadlines: February 1, 2008, to February 15, 2008. United States Virtual Elimination Round: February 21, 2008.

FedEx International Trade Challenge (ITC) Asia/Pacific
Dates of Event: July 30-August 1, 2008.
Where: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Who Can Participate: Limited to the following JA International Members: Korea, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan. For schedule, rules, and eligibility requirements. click here for the FedEx Challenge website.
Registration: Student teams from an eligible JA International Member participating in JA Company Program.

JA Careers with a Purpose Essay Competition
Who Can Participate: 2007-2008 JA Careers with a Purpose students.
Essay Submission Deadline: August 29, 2008 For timeline, rules, eligibility requirements, and scoring criteria, click here for the Purpose Essay website.