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.

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

 

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JA Summer camp sessions are offered at the following JA Discovery Center locations June 10-14, 2024:

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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