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JA Fellows Connects Two Students to Summer Internships at Vertex
This summer, two JA Fellows students from Lincoln High School had the opportunity to participate in a paid internship with Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ San Diego Learning Lab. Leslie and Fernando spent their summer in and out of the lab learning [...]
High School Seniors Get Ready For Internships with a Shopping Spree for Business Professional Clothing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE La Mesa, California – High school seniors from Lincoln High School in Southeast San Diego will be going on a very specific shopping spree next Tuesday. The shopping trip, specifically for office/work clothes for paid internships this [...]
JA Summer Camp 2022 Recap
Junior Achievement of San Diego had its most impactful summer yet. We had 1,134 students across the county participate in our JA BizTown and JA Finance Park Summer Camps and our newly launched summer internship program. Over 50 volunteers supported [...]
7 Steps To Creating An Impressive High School Resume
Having a resume that highlights your unique strengths and skillsets and makes you stand out among the crowd of candidates is essential when applying for jobs, internships, and college. Your resume is a one-page document that should explain why you [...]
A Year in Review: 2021-2022 JA Program Highlights
This has been an exciting school year for JA San Diego. We have grown and expanded several of our programs over the last few months to increase the number of students who receive critical foundational knowledge in business and finance. [...]
Back-to-School Survey: One-Third of Teens Say Rising Cost of School Supplies a Concern
A new survey by Junior Achievement USA shows that a third of teens (33%) say that their parents or guardians are concerned about the cost of back-to-school supplies this year. A higher percentage of teens (37%) express concern they will [...]
7 Tips for Making a Good First Impression
It is true what they say, making a good first impression is so important — especially in business. A first impression sets the tone for the rest of the meeting and even the foundation of the business relationship. First impressions [...]
Illumina Is Welcomed as the Newest Addition to JA Biztown
On Tuesday, May 31, 2022, Junior Achievement of San Diego County (JA) held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Illumina shop in the McGrath Family JA BizTown. As the first biotechnology company in JA [...]
Junior Achievement Is Top Ten NGO/SGO for Fourth Consecutive Year
Geneva-based NGO Advisor—which recently rebranded as thedotgood—has just announced that JA Worldwide remains among the ten most impactful social-good organizations in the world. Ranking the world’s most impactful NGOs began in 2012, in an effort to showcase the best practices and newest [...]
JA IN THE NEWS
- NBC 7 | September 29, 2022
- ABC 10 News | August 19, 2022
- Hawthorne Cat Hosts Students at Enrichment Program
Construction Equipment Guide | July 26, 2022 - HS Juniors Positioned for Future Business Success
San Diego Business Journal | July 1, 2022 Illumina Supports Early STEM Education
San Diego Business Journal | June 6, 2022
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JA Fellows Connects Two Students to Summer Internships at Vertex
This summer, two JA Fellows students from Lincoln High School had the opportunity to participate in a paid internship with Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ San Diego Learning Lab. Leslie and Fernando spent their summer in and out of the lab learning [...]
High School Seniors Get Ready For Internships with a Shopping Spree for Business Professional Clothing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE La Mesa, California – High school seniors from Lincoln High School in Southeast San Diego will be going on a very specific shopping spree next Tuesday. The shopping trip, specifically for office/work clothes for paid internships this [...]
JA Summer Camp 2022 Recap
Junior Achievement of San Diego had its most impactful summer yet. We had 1,134 students across the county participate in our JA BizTown and JA Finance Park Summer Camps and our newly launched summer internship program. Over 50 volunteers supported [...]
7 Steps To Creating An Impressive High School Resume
Having a resume that highlights your unique strengths and skillsets and makes you stand out among the crowd of candidates is essential when applying for jobs, internships, and college. Your resume is a one-page document that should explain why you [...]
A Year in Review: 2021-2022 JA Program Highlights
This has been an exciting school year for JA San Diego. We have grown and expanded several of our programs over the last few months to increase the number of students who receive critical foundational knowledge in business and finance. [...]
Back-to-School Survey: One-Third of Teens Say Rising Cost of School Supplies a Concern
A new survey by Junior Achievement USA shows that a third of teens (33%) say that their parents or guardians are concerned about the cost of back-to-school supplies this year. A higher percentage of teens (37%) express concern they will [...]
7 Tips for Making a Good First Impression
It is true what they say, making a good first impression is so important — especially in business. A first impression sets the tone for the rest of the meeting and even the foundation of the business relationship. First impressions [...]
Illumina Is Welcomed as the Newest Addition to JA Biztown
On Tuesday, May 31, 2022, Junior Achievement of San Diego County (JA) held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Illumina shop in the McGrath Family JA BizTown. As the first biotechnology company in JA [...]
Junior Achievement Is Top Ten NGO/SGO for Fourth Consecutive Year
Geneva-based NGO Advisor—which recently rebranded as thedotgood—has just announced that JA Worldwide remains among the ten most impactful social-good organizations in the world. Ranking the world’s most impactful NGOs began in 2012, in an effort to showcase the best practices and newest [...]
JA IN THE NEWS
- NBC 7 | September 29, 2022
- ABC 10 News | August 19, 2022
- Hawthorne Cat Hosts Students at Enrichment Program
Construction Equipment Guide | July 26, 2022 - HS Juniors Positioned for Future Business Success
San Diego Business Journal | July 1, 2022 Illumina Supports Early STEM Education
San Diego Business Journal | June 6, 2022