Project Based Learning Electives provided by the Berrien Springs Virtual Academy
Junior Achievement: Biz Town       Spring 2018

​Instructor: Jennifer Cook
cell/text 269-845-5585
email: jenn@thosecooks.com
Location: Ultra Camp in Niles at 123 East Main Street
Grades: 4-8
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 1-2 PM                   Classes begin January 17th

Additional registration at location is NOT required.

Description: 

• Students will spend eight weeks learning about banking, finances, business management, entrepreneurship, careers, job application and interviewing. Each student will have their own workbook. In class we will do group work, hands-on activities and play financial games.
• The field trip will take place at the end of November. The JA BizTown facility is located in Ft. Wayne, IN. Students will provide their own transportation. BizTown is set up like a town with each student performing a job and working in a community setting. Student's will open a checking and savings account and use a debit card. They will attend town meetings and work as a team in a business setting.

Experience the Junior Achievement excitement here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-R7Crm2XrY

For more information about Junior Achievement, contact:
Juliet Cunningham l  Program Manager
Junior Achievement  l  Berrien – Cass counties, MI
Phone: (269) 281-7926  Fax (260) 483-2133 
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Financial Literacy  I  Work Readiness  I  Entrepreneurship

*Please note: it is important to make as informed a decision as possible when choosing your student's Community Resource classes. Most locations will allow a student to drop a class after one meeting, at no charge if it wasn't a good fit for the student, but not all. Some classes plan ahead based on the number that have signed up and have purchased materials, hired teachers, etc. and there might be a fee for class time or materials given to the student if the student drops after one or two meetings. The school cannot pay for classes that students do not complete, so choose wisely; if you do not take the class off of your student's schedule by the deadline, you may be asked to pay for the class time incurred prior to dropping the class.
 
Syllabus
Teacher of Record: Lynne Wieferich: lwieferich@shamrocks.us