Developed to Educate. Designed to Inspire.
Imagine a generation of students armed with the confidence and understanding to take control of their futures and equipped to achieve their dreams.
JA Summer Camp is an engaging, hands-on experience that helps students ages 10-14 develop an understanding of basic business principles and the world of work ahead. They’ll learn first-hand what it means to be a citizen of a community, how to get a job, and how to make wise financial decisions to achieve the future they want for themselves and their families.
One Week Camps offered June 10-14, 2024
Camps are available at our JA Discovery Centers in Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Cumming, Dalton, and Savannah.
Camp Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Extended Learning Hours: 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. & 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
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Explore JA BizTown and learn about careers - even some like pilots and coders - that are interesting to them
Explain why banks are important and what they do
Find out what it takes to be an entrepreneur, and the characteristics of successful ones
Identify businesses that are important in an economy
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Find out what it means to be engaged in a community and be civically active
Explain how goods and services circulate as resources within an economy
Choose and incorporate innovative products into their business inventory to market and sell in coming days
Create and revise marketing plans for their business to include an e-commerce component
Evaluate other businesses’ marketing plans, offering tips for improvement
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Be an employee at a business for the day
Run a business by advertising products, offering customer service, selling products, and paying invoices to other businesses
Be a consumer - shop at the various businesses and keep what they buy!
Participate in the democratic process by selecting a business for the Student Choice Award
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Identify what’s important to them - interests, skills and values
Have a better understanding of what kinds of careers interest them
Evaluate the risks and benefits of saving and investing, and learn about what role insurance plays in personal finances
Define taxes, explain their purpose, and understand how they affect income
Understand what it takes to manage a budget
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Understand the connection between education path and future income
Compare and contrast the education requirements and income of various careers
Understand how credit history impacts their ability to make big purchases
Realize the importance of saving money and how to best save for their life scenarios
Create a successful monthly budget and make choices that help them understand needs vs. wants
Save the Date
JA Summer camp sessions are offered at the following JA Discovery Center locations June 10-14, 2024:
Register Today:
Contact
Carla Marquez
summer@georgia.ja.org
Directions
JA Chick-fil-A Foundation
Discovery Center
275 Northside Drive NW
Building C, Floor 3
Atlanta, Georgia 30314
JA Discovery Center
of Greater Dalton
330 Pleasant Grove Drive NE
Dalton, GA 30721
JA Discovery Center
at Gwinnett
1333 Old Norcross Road
Lawrenceville, GA 30046
Mike & Lynn Cottrell
JA Discovery Center
at North Georgia
1150 Lanier 400 Parkway
Cumming, Georgia 30040
JA Colonial Group Discovery
Center of Savannah
11935 Abercorn Street
Savannah, Georgia 31419