ATTENTION 8TH GRADE PARENTS!
We need chaperones!
Junior Achievement Finance Park:
Building Financial Skills for Life!
“Junior Achievement was fun! I liked feeling like an adult and it was a very fun experience. Now I
will not take advantage of my parents because I see how complicated all of this is!”
8th grade student
Volunteer at JA Finance Park
and help students learn how to…
Balance a budget
Purchase a family car
Choose and buy a home…and
more!
Junior Achievement Finance Park will offer a
practical budgeting simulation for all 8th grade
students in Fairfax County Public Schools. Four
weeks of classroom curriculum will culminate
with a day at JA Finance Park – where students
will “put into action” what they learned in the
classroom.
Time Commitment
o Attend one 60 minute training session on day of your scheduled visit.
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The day of your visit, you will need to arrive at JA Finance Park 60 minutes prior to your
school’s program start time for this training.
Contact your child’s teacher to get program start times.
Volunteer Responsibilities
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Provide guidance and assistance to students.
Facilitate group activities.
Watch for teachable moments.
Next Steps
PARENTS:
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
o Contact your child’s civics or mathematics teacher for more
information. FIELD TRIP DATES ARE: Ms. Seftas April 17, Ms.
Karaffa April 18, and Mr. Gillespie April 19
**Visit www.myJA.org/financepark/ to learn more about Finance Park, see pictures of the
facility, and find JA Finance Park staff contact information.
“It's very explicit and detail-oriented and very life-like which meant the kids had an
opportunity to experience being an adult for a day.” – JA Finance Park volunteer
Junior Achievement of the National Capital Area, Inc. – 4099 Pickett Road, Fairfax, VA 22032
Phone: (202) 296-1200