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JA Scholarship Student Highlight - Maggie Branch
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By Evan Simmons
Work Readiness
Junior Achievement (JA) is excited to reward area students each school year with scholarship opportunities. This past year, JA of Abilene provided 15 students with a sum of $88,000 in scholarship awards
Empower a Young Person to Dream
Blog from JA USA
By Evan Simmons
Work Readiness
This post is written by JA of Abilene Executive Director, Evan Simmons, ?and was originally published on September 3, 2015. It has been updated as of January 26, 2016.People often ask me ?what is Junior Achievement?? My quick response is that Junior Achievement (JA) is a non-profit organization seeking to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy through volunteer delivered...
Junior Achievement, Citi Foundation and OneMain Financial Offer Teens New Online Experience to Explore Their Futures
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By Evan Simmons
Work Readiness
This article was originally posted on the official site of?Junior Achievement USA?, www.ja.org
JA of Abilene Awards $88,000 Among 15 Big Country Students
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By Evan Simmons
Work Readiness
Pictured: JA Scholarship recipients from Clyde High School Preston Loudermilk & Allison Watson with JA of Abilene Executive Director Evan Simmons following the 2015 Clyde High School Award Ceremony.This post originally appeared in the Abilene Reporter News
JA Thanks Hero for Memorial Day
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By Evan Simmons
Work Readiness
Junior Achievement likes to think of all of our volunteers as heroes
JA Teen Volunteer Teaches Work Readiness Skills
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By Cassie Benzinger
Work Readiness
The typical teenager is more concerned about having a date for homecoming than diving into business books. But not Cameron Wall. Monail Cole, volunteer and program manager at Junior Achievement of Middle America in Kansas City, Mo., shared Cameron's story. Cameron had a JA program in elementary school and then he returned to Junior Achievement to teach JA Our Region to a fourth grade class. Here...
Big Country "JA Kid" Returns to Junior Achievement as JA Volunteer & Board Member
Blog from JA USA
By Evan Simmons
Work Readiness
It has likely been quite some time since someone described Josh Greer as akid. A 1998 graduate of Wylie High School, Josh is now the Lead Account Executive for Major Accounts at Abilene Reporter-News. While at Wylie Middle School, Josh received a Junior Achievement program and has since become a JA volunteer and recently joined the Junior Achievement of Abilene Board of Directors (Fall 2014)....
Former JA Scholarship Recipient Says "Thank You"
Blog from JA USA
By Evan Simmons
Work Readiness
Each year, Junior Achievement of Abilene is thrilled to offer multiple scholarships to area high school graduates who had received Junior Achievement programming during their high school career. In 2010, Junior Achievement of Abilene was excited to offer ACU-bound Abilene High School graduate Travis Kern with a $6,000 scholarship paid over four years. Five years later, Travis is motivated to say...
Meet Misti Collier - 2014 JA of Abilene's Volunteer of the Year
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By Evan Simmons
Work Readiness
Over 200 adults volunteer their time each year with nearly 5,000 students in the public school classrooms of 6 Big Country school districts by teaching Junior Achievement's principles of work readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy. By sharing their personal and professional experiences and skills with students, volunteers help students understand the skills they will need to succeed...
Corona Queens Teen Has $10,000 Reasons to Give Thanks at the Junior Achievement of New York Annual Dinner
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By Cassie Benzinger
Work Readiness
[Junior Achievement of New York Annual Awards Dinner]A Corona, Queens student has $10,000 reasons to give thanks this coming holiday season. On Tuesday, Nov. 18, Joseph Hernandez, a 12th grade student at the Academy of Finance and Enterprise high school, received a $10,000 Student of the Year Scholarship Award to support his college dreams at the 2014 Junior Achievement of New York Annual Awards...
