Available Classes
October 17, 2025 - December 26, 2025
10/17/25 12:00 PM - 12/26/25 2:00 PM
Delana Dowell
Delana Dowell
Volunteers still needed: 3 of 3
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
October 17, 2025 - December 12, 2025
10/17/25 12:00 PM - 12/12/25 2:00 PM
Brittany Courtney
Brittany Courtney
Volunteers still needed: 3 of 3
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
November 1, 2025 - December 19, 2025
11/1/25 12:00 AM - 12/19/25 12:00 AM
Amy Meadows
Amy Meadows
Volunteers still needed: 10 of 10
What makes a region thrive? Fourth-grade students find out by diving into how geography, resources, and choices shape local economies. Through five interactive sessions, they explore jobs, trade, and consumer decisions—and discover how their own choices can make a difference. With flexible delivery options, digital tools, and extended learning activities, JA Our Region brings economic concepts to life in a fun, hands-on way.
What makes a region thrive? Fourth-grade students find out by diving into how geography, resources, and choices shape local economies. Through five interactive sessions, they explore jobs, trade, and consumer decisions—and discover how their own choices can make a difference. With flexible delivery options, digital tools, and extended learning activities, JA Our Region brings economic concepts to life in a fun, hands-on way.
11/1/25 8:00 AM - 12/19/25 2:00 PM
Thomas Moxley
Thomas Moxley
Volunteers still needed: 2 of 2
Middle school students explore how education, career choices, and financial decisions shape their futures. Through modular sessions, they learn key concepts in personal finance and career readiness, with at least six sessions totaling six or more instructional hours.
Middle school students explore how education, career choices, and financial decisions shape their futures. Through modular sessions, they learn key concepts in personal finance and career readiness, with at least six sessions totaling six or more instructional hours.
11/1/25 8:00 AM - 12/19/25 10:00 AM
Morgan Stephens
Morgan Stephens
Volunteers still needed: 3 of 3
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
11/1/25 8:00 AM - 12/19/25 10:00 AM
Sherry Towe
Sherry Towe
Volunteers still needed: 3 of 3
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
11/1/25 8:00 AM - 12/19/25 10:00 AM
Caroline Reid
Caroline Reid
Volunteers still needed: 3 of 3
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
11/1/25 8:00 AM - 12/19/25 10:00 AM
Teresa Hinton
Teresa Hinton
Volunteers still needed: 3 of 3
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
November 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025
11/1/25 8:00 AM - 11/30/25 10:00 AM
135.0 hours
Ashley Smith
135.0 hours
Ashley Smith
Volunteers still needed: 1 of 2
JA Our Region is a Junior Achievement® learning experience designed for fourth-grade students. It helps them explore how regional differences influence job opportunities, resource use, trade, and consumer choices. Through five engaging, 45-minute sessions, students learn how their decisions impact their local and regional economies. The program emphasizes financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship, and includes hands-on activities, optional digital resources, and extended learning opportunities. It aligns with national and state standards in reading, math, social studies, and career readiness, making it a flexible and impactful classroom experience.
JA Our Region is a Junior Achievement® learning experience designed for fourth-grade students. It helps them explore how regional differences influence job opportunities, resource use, trade, and consumer choices. Through five engaging, 45-minute sessions, students learn how their decisions impact their local and regional economies. The program emphasizes financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship, and includes hands-on activities, optional digital resources, and extended learning opportunities. It aligns with national and state standards in reading, math, social studies, and career readiness, making it a flexible and impactful classroom experience.
11/1/25 10:00 AM - 11/30/25 12:00 PM
Darren Lynam
Darren Lynam
Volunteers still needed: 2 of 2
High school students step into the role of interns at a fictional company, Orbit Boom, gaining real-world experience across multiple departments. Through seven core sessions and ten optional ones, students build essential soft skills, explore workplace scenarios, and learn business best practices—all in a dynamic, hands-on format.
High school students step into the role of interns at a fictional company, Orbit Boom, gaining real-world experience across multiple departments. Through seven core sessions and ten optional ones, students build essential soft skills, explore workplace scenarios, and learn business best practices—all in a dynamic, hands-on format.
November 1, 2025 - December 19, 2025
11/1/25 10:00 AM - 12/19/25 12:00 PM
Teresa Hinton
Teresa Hinton
Volunteers still needed: 3 of 3
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
11/1/25 10:00 AM - 12/19/25 12:00 PM
Carline Reid
Carline Reid
Volunteers still needed: 3 of 3
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
11/1/25 12:00 PM - 1/31/26 2:00 PM
Madison Lancaster
Madison Lancaster
Volunteers still needed: 2 of 2
Third-grade students discover how a city’s economy works through fun, hands-on learning. They explore how people earn, spend, and manage money, and why economic exchange is essential. The program includes five flexible sessions with interactive games, mapping, role-play, and a lively sing-along video that reinforces financial literacy and entrepreneurship. Activities extend beyond the classroom, connecting lessons to students’ families and communities.
Third-grade students discover how a city’s economy works through fun, hands-on learning. They explore how people earn, spend, and manage money, and why economic exchange is essential. The program includes five flexible sessions with interactive games, mapping, role-play, and a lively sing-along video that reinforces financial literacy and entrepreneurship. Activities extend beyond the classroom, connecting lessons to students’ families and communities.
11/1/25 12:00 PM - 1/31/26 2:00 PM
Kimbra Dame
Kimbra Dame
Volunteers still needed: 2 of 2
Third-grade students discover how a city’s economy works through fun, hands-on learning. They explore how people earn, spend, and manage money, and why economic exchange is essential. The program includes five flexible sessions with interactive games, mapping, role-play, and a lively sing-along video that reinforces financial literacy and entrepreneurship. Activities extend beyond the classroom, connecting lessons to students’ families and communities.
Third-grade students discover how a city’s economy works through fun, hands-on learning. They explore how people earn, spend, and manage money, and why economic exchange is essential. The program includes five flexible sessions with interactive games, mapping, role-play, and a lively sing-along video that reinforces financial literacy and entrepreneurship. Activities extend beyond the classroom, connecting lessons to students’ families and communities.
November 1, 2025 - December 19, 2025
11/1/25 12:00 PM - 12/19/25 2:00 PM
Haley Pogue
Haley Pogue
Volunteers still needed: 2 of 2
Fourth-grade students explore how regional differences impact jobs, trade, resources, and consumer choices. Through five flexible sessions, students learn how their decisions contribute to local and regional economies. The program includes hands-on activities, optional digital tools, and extended learning opportunities to support a variety of classroom needs.
Fourth-grade students explore how regional differences impact jobs, trade, resources, and consumer choices. Through five flexible sessions, students learn how their decisions contribute to local and regional economies. The program includes hands-on activities, optional digital tools, and extended learning opportunities to support a variety of classroom needs.
11/1/25 12:00 PM - 12/19/25 2:00 PM
Mati Young
Mati Young
Volunteers still needed: 2 of 2
Kindergarten students meet storybook characters who help them explore how people make choices, earn money, save, and give. Through five fun, volunteer-led sessions, students learn the basics of work and money through read-alouds, hands-on activities, and optional digital tools. The program is flexible and designed to fit a variety of classroom needs, with extended learning that connects lessons to home and community.
Kindergarten students meet storybook characters who help them explore how people make choices, earn money, save, and give. Through five fun, volunteer-led sessions, students learn the basics of work and money through read-alouds, hands-on activities, and optional digital tools. The program is flexible and designed to fit a variety of classroom needs, with extended learning that connects lessons to home and community.
11/1/25 12:00 PM - 12/19/25 2:00 PM
Keirsten Scalf
Keirsten Scalf
Volunteers still needed: 2 of 2
Kindergarten students meet storybook characters who help them explore how people make choices, earn money, save, and give. Through five fun, volunteer-led sessions, students learn the basics of work and money through read-alouds, hands-on activities, and optional digital tools. The program is flexible and designed to fit a variety of classroom needs, with extended learning that connects lessons to home and community.
Kindergarten students meet storybook characters who help them explore how people make choices, earn money, save, and give. Through five fun, volunteer-led sessions, students learn the basics of work and money through read-alouds, hands-on activities, and optional digital tools. The program is flexible and designed to fit a variety of classroom needs, with extended learning that connects lessons to home and community.
November 1, 2025 - March 31, 2026
11/1/25 12:00 PM - 3/31/26 2:00 PM
Kelly Gates
Kelly Gates
Volunteers still needed: 3 of 3
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
11/1/25 12:00 PM - 3/31/26 2:00 PM
Heather Gordon
Heather Gordon
Volunteers still needed: 3 of 3
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
November 25, 2025 - December 19, 2025
11/25/25 12:00 PM - 12/19/25 2:00 PM
Jaclyn Renfro
Jaclyn Renfro
Volunteers still needed: 3 of 3
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
Local professionals share their career stories and insights with students, helping them explore job options, understand workplace expectations, and connect education to future goals.
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