Junior Achievement was founded in 1919 by Theodore Vail, president of American Telephone & Telegraph. It's first program, The Company Program, was offered to high school students on an after-school basis. In 1975, the organization entered the classroom with the introduction of Project Business for the middle grades. In the last 25 years, Junior Achievement has gradually expanded its activities and broadened its scope to encompass an ever-widening student population.
Locally, Junior Achievement of South Florida was founded in 1959 by the Fort Lauderdale Rotary Club and served just 373 high school students during its first year. Programs now span grades K-12, with age-appropriate curricula designed to teach elementary students about their roles as individuals, workers, and consumers and to prepare middle grade and high school students for key economic and workforce issues they will face. Junior Achievement programs reached 17,087 Broward and South Palm Beach County students during the 2006-2007 school year. It also received a Bronze Summit Award, based on Financial Solvency, Program Impact, Program Quality and Overall Management Effectiveness.
We hope this site answers any questions you may have about our organization and entices you to learn more! In order to fulfill our core purpose of inspiring and preparing young people to succeed in a global economy, we are looking for volunteers year-round to help in a variety of ways.
Junior Achievement Laureates are honored for their accomplishments in making a lasting impact on the free enterprise system as well as our local community. Junior Achievement of South Florida Business Hall of Fame Presented by Julie Cobb & Bruce Hecker, event co-chairs invite you to join us for the induction of the 2009 BUSINESS HALL OF FAME LAUREATES,special recognition of the
DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE ROTARY CLUB,and to celebrate Junior Achievement of South Florida’s.
On Thursday July 11th BocaRaton.com was at Gatsby's in Boca celebrating another fun filled night of Junior Achievement's monthly party. Guests had fun time eating and sipping drinks while listening to great music and playing billiards. Gatsby's is located in the Shops at Village Point on 18th Street in Boca Raton. Junior Achievement meets every second Wednesday of every month at a different location. Go to www.JASouthFlorida.com for further information.
Junior Achievement of South Florida is embarking on an ambitious, heart-stirring project to significantly transform how every local student is taught to view the world of work, free
enterprise and his or her possibilities for success in it.
Anchored by two new, experienced-based JA programs, The Institute for Free Enterprise Education will be a 50,000 square foot facility dedicated to the effective and practical teaching of business, entrepreneurship and personal finance. These two new programs are JA Enterprise Village for 5th graders, and JA Finance Park for 8th graders. Learn more by visiting JA of South Florida website or watch one of our videos below!
