Students Learn ‘Real World’ Skills at Jones Elementary
Students participated in the interview portion of the Junior Achievement BizTown program Wednesday morning.
Fourth-graders at Jones Elementary were busy Wednesday morning. They were dressed in their best attire and diligently interviewing for jobs such as mayor, reporter and CEO. The students were gaining real-world interview experience thanks to a program called Junior Achievement BizTown, which teaches students about the skills they need to land a job and survive in the workplace. “JA BizTown provides work readiness, financial literacy and entrepreneurship programs for students in kindergarten through high school,” said Kim Fabian, senior vice president of the junior achievement of central Maryland. Kerri Lambert, a fourth-grade teacher at Jones, said students have gone though curriculum focused on learning about the economy, writing checks …
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Jennie Merrill
11:24 am on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Just to clarify it wasn't just my class but the entire 5 th grade that went and I couldn't have made it come to life without Mrs Barnes, Mrs. Finnis' and Mrs. Neseth 's help in teaching all the lessons. more ›