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Project Based Learning Electives provided by the Berrien Springs Virtual Academy
Junior Achievement: Biz Town Fall 2018
Class Starts: Thursday, September 13 at 10:00am-11:00am
Class Meets: UltraCamp, 123 East Main Street, Niles, MI 49120
Instructor: Jennifer Cook -- I have an MBA from Notre Dame, a background in banking and finance, and currently working as a financial controller, while also homeschooling.
Contact: jenn@thosecooks.com ; call/text 269-845-5585
Grades: 4th-8th
Additional registration at location is NOT required.
Description: JA BizTown: learn banking, business, and economy basics with a fun hands on simulation community!
JA Biztown is a great learning experience for those in 4th through 8th grade. We spend 8 weeks learning about money, business basics, and how economies work! We have many hands on activities during our class time together and then after our 8 weeks of classroom learning, we head to Fort Wayne for the JA BizTown simulation community. This is such a cool experience where students get to put into practice what they have been learning. Students are assigned a job for the day, where they will open a checking and savings account at the community bank. They work at their jobs, earn a paycheck, pay for their own lunch, and can shop at the different community stores for take home trinkets. The kids absolutely love their time at the JA BizTown simulation community!
Class Schedule
September 13:Financial Literacy
September 20: Financial Institutions
September 27: Circular Flow of an Economy
October 4: Community & Economy
October 11: Public Goods & Services
October 18: Work Readiness/Interests & Skills
October 25: Applying for a Job
November 1: BizTown Prep
Fort Wayne Simulation Day: Friday, November 9 starting at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 1:30 p.m. Lunch is provided! Attendance is mandetory.
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
Website I Volunteer I Facebook I Twitter I Donate
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
Class Meets: UltraCamp, 123 East Main Street, Niles, MI 49120
Instructor: Jennifer Cook -- I have an MBA from Notre Dame, a background in banking and finance, and currently working as a financial controller, while also homeschooling.
Contact: jenn@thosecooks.com ; call/text 269-845-5585
Grades: 4th-8th
Additional registration at location is NOT required.
Description: JA BizTown: learn banking, business, and economy basics with a fun hands on simulation community!
JA Biztown is a great learning experience for those in 4th through 8th grade. We spend 8 weeks learning about money, business basics, and how economies work! We have many hands on activities during our class time together and then after our 8 weeks of classroom learning, we head to Fort Wayne for the JA BizTown simulation community. This is such a cool experience where students get to put into practice what they have been learning. Students are assigned a job for the day, where they will open a checking and savings account at the community bank. They work at their jobs, earn a paycheck, pay for their own lunch, and can shop at the different community stores for take home trinkets. The kids absolutely love their time at the JA BizTown simulation community!
Class Schedule
September 13:Financial Literacy
September 20: Financial Institutions
September 27: Circular Flow of an Economy
October 4: Community & Economy
October 11: Public Goods & Services
October 18: Work Readiness/Interests & Skills
October 25: Applying for a Job
November 1: BizTown Prep
Fort Wayne Simulation Day: Friday, November 9 starting at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 1:30 p.m. Lunch is provided! Attendance is mandetory.
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
Website I Volunteer I Facebook I Twitter I Donate
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