Junior Achievement Resources
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There are 124 Junior Achievement offices operating across the United States. Through an innovative
partnership between the business community, educators and volunteers, these JA Areas help young
people connect with relevant learning and the importance of staying in
school.
JA USA
Website
Last year, well over 9 million students in 123
countries were empowered to own their economic success!
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Other JA offices in South Carolina
include:
JA of Upstate SC in
Greenville
Serving Anderson, Oconee,
Pickens, Greenville and Spartanburg counties.
JA of Central SC in
Columbia
Serving Abbeville,
Fairfield, McCormick, Allendale, Florence, Newberry, Calhoun, Greenwood, Orangeburg, Cherokee, Kershaw,
Richland, Chesterfield, Laurens, Saluda, Clarendon, Lee, Sumter, Darlington, Dillon, Lexington, Marion,
Williamsburg counties.
JA of the Catawba
Region
Serving Chester, Lancaster
and York counties in South Carolina
JA of Augusta, a member of JA of
Georgia
Serving Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina
Junior Achievement College
Scholarships
Offered in partnership with the Achievement Foundation
http://www.achievementfoundation.org/Scholarship/scholarship.html
Junior Achievement offers many college scholarship
opportunities – Bookmark this JA USA page for the most up to date
list.
The JA Student Center provides the following resources to assist
you in gaining the knowledge you need to achieve your goals.
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Discover the power of mastering your personal finances - a key to lifelong
success.
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What's your dream job? Here are tools to help you make it happen.
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Learn how to start a business and find your freedom.
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Discover economic
operating principles and get up-to-date information so you can make smart financial
decisions.
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Have you ever wondered how to talk to or teach your kids about money matters? Now, more than ever, it is
important that we give our children the guidance and information they need to be financially literate. Junior
Achievement $ave, USA parent
lessons help you to discuss and learn about money-management issues with your kids.
Junior Achievement's The Junior Achievement $ave, USA initiative provides curriculum designed to
help students develop higher levels of personal financial understanding. Through three, volunteer-delivered lessons, students in
grades 5-12 are introduced to age-appropriate content focusing on saving and sharing money, establishing a
budget and learning about credit.
JA Position Papers
Looking for more Position Papers?
See these and many other Position Papers in the archive on www.JA.org
- Government Stimulus and Economic Recovery
- How Business Can Help Attack the Dropout Crisis in America
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