JA Take Stock in Your Future
A Junior Achievement of Northern California course spanning five sessions that introduces high schoolers to stock market fundamentals, current market analysis, and practical trading experience, with an optional stock market competition component.
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Great California ShakeOut
An annual statewide earthquake preparedness drill in which students, schools, and organizations across California practice the 'Drop, Cover, and Hold On' technique at a scheduled time each October (or a self-chosen date). Participants can register individually or through their school and access drill scripts, safety videos, and educational materials.
JA All About Cars
A single-session Junior Achievement of Northern California learning experience that teaches high schoolers to be smart consumers when purchasing a first car, covering true ownership costs, financing versus leasing, and evaluating whether a dream car fits their budget.
JA Be Entrepreneurial: Rapid Business Planning
A Junior Achievement of Northern California learning experience where high schoolers use Design Thinking and the Lean Canvas framework to turn a business idea into a one-page business plan across six sessions; participants may go on to compete in the JA Social Innovation Challenge.
JA Career Success
A Junior Achievement of Northern California learning experience in which high school students act as interns in a simulated company, Orbit Boom, rotating through departments to practice workplace skills like goal-setting, collaboration, and problem-solving.
JA Job Shadow
A Junior Achievement of Northern California experience that uses design-thinking activities to help high schoolers explore career paths and connect with local business professionals, culminating in a self-designed individualized career plan.
JA Marketing Principles 1
A one-semester Junior Achievement of Northern California course introducing high schoolers to marketing fundamentals through guest speakers, coaching, and project-based case studies; the course has received UC A-G articulation approval.