Junior Achievement of the Ocoee Region

✨ What a day at Valley View Elementary! ✨

Junior Achievement of the Ocoee Region was excited to bring JA in a Day to Valley View Elementary School's K–5 students! Thanks to our incredible community volunteers, classrooms were filled with hands-on activities, real-world lessons, and meaningful conversations about money, careers, and entrepreneurship. A special thank to Lee University for partnering with JA to send college students into the classroom.

From our youngest learners discovering how communities work to our older students exploring budgeting, business basics, and future career pathways, students were fully engaged and inspired to dream big about their futures.

A huge THANK YOU to our dedicated volunteers and the amazing faculty and staff at Valley View Elementary for partnering with us to empower the next generation.Together, we are building financially capable, career-ready students right here in our community! 💙

Our students took part in the Your Economic Success (YES!) program—a Junior Achievement experience designed to build financial literacy and work readiness through hands-on activities and real-world lessons. 💡💰📈 Students explored important career decision skills and learned how choices they make today connect to their future success! 👏✨

Big thanks to all the volunteers who brought their experience and passion to the classroom. Your support helps our Eagles soar! 🦅💼

We had a wonderful time hosting JA programs at Copper Basin Elementary School. Students participated in engaging, hands-on lessons focused on earning and saving money, understanding the role of businesses in the community, and developing essential employability skills such as teamwork, communication, and problem-solving. A huge thank you to our donors and volunteers!

Can you tell I love Junior Achievement?🥰 I ask ChatGPT to create a caricature based on everything It knew about me and add a photo for realism. I think it was spot on, what do you think? Now its your turn, let us see your caricature. 😃

Thanks for the idea Tammy Johnson!

Junior Achievement of the Ocoee Region is all about taking students from the classroom to the boardroom. We teach them valuable financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurial skills. We could not do our work without help from volunteers and donors!!

I can't wait for you to see our new project.....JA BizTown at the PIE Innovation Center!

Find out more about JA at ocoeeregion.ja.org

What a way to spend a cold winter day!

Day 3- What a way to wrap up an amazing week of hosting BCS schools at BizTown. The students at Michigan Avenue Elementary School enjoyed their day!

Day 2 of hosting BizTown for BCS schools, so happy to have Black Fox Elementary School with us this week!

Day 1: JA was so excited to host North Lee at BizTown this week! The 5th graders had a great time!

Day 1: We had a fabulous day hosting Valley View Elementary at BizTown this week!

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!

We wrapped up 2025 on a high note! JA hosted Reality Check at Lake Forest Middle School today. Students learned how to budget and pay bills as an adult. A BIG thank you to the Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce for sponsoring the event. A HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers and sponsors!

🎯 Reality Check Day at Ocoee Middle School!
Today, students stepped into the shoes of 30-year-olds—budgeting, paying bills, choosing housing, balancing childcare, and making real-life decisions. And WOW… the reactions were priceless! 😅💸
Real lessons. Real impact. Real-world ready!
JA partnered with Walker Valley High School for Reality Check again this year. Their teaching as a profession students volunteered and mentor the 8th graders. JA Also partnered with Edward Jones advisors to volunteer at Reality Check. A BIG thank you to all of our volunteers and Sponsors!