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Tartan High School Students to Compete in Junior Achievement Company Program Competition

Tartan High School students to compete in Junior Achievement Company Program competition

In light of the painful economic lessons recently learned by governments, families and businesses, there is an even greater need to educate our youth about how to effectively manage money and prepare for their future.

A group of volunteers from several metro companies are helping to inspire and prepare local high school students through Junior Achievement.

On April 23, 2013, students from Tartan High School are participating in Junior Achievement’s ‘JA Company Program” competition in Maplewood.

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In this program, high school students create, market, and operate their own company while competing against other local high school students as part of a school-based organization, club, or classroom enterprise. During a semester or over 12 weeks, students sell stock to raise capital, elect officers, buy materials, market their product or service, pay a dividend to stockholders, and liquidate their company. By organizing and operating an actual business, students learn first hand how businesses succeed.

Volunteers from Medtronic, State Farm, D:Spot Wings and Best Buy have been working with student teams to prepare them for the competition. These volunteers are teaching the importance of business, citizenship, economics, entrepreneurship, ethics, character, financial literacy and career development while serving as role models.

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“These partners helping mentor the teams are an important part of JA’s mission to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy,” said Gina Blayney, JAUM President and CEO. “The volunteers are helping us achieve our goal of delivering relevant K-12 educational programming to 139,000 local students during the 2012-2013 school year.”

About Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest

Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest has been serving students in Minnesota, Western Wisconsin and North Dakota since 1949. This school year we will reach more than 139,000 students in grades K-12 with financial literacy, college and career readiness and entrepreneurship education. Our programs are implemented by more than 7,000 volunteers, mostly business professionals, who share their skills and experience to motivate and inspire students to succeed. Learn more at www.jaum.org.

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