Broomfield Heights 8th Graders Attend Denver JA Finance Park

Broomfield Heights eighth-grader Tori Hector and her mother, Kate (left), connect with JA Finance Park Associate Lilla Newton. Junior Achievement received a BCF grant under the Education grant category.

JA Finance Park is a part of the JA Financial Literacy Pathway and JA Work and Career Readiness Pathway and is recommended for middle and high school students (grades 7–9). JA Finance Park is Junior Achievement’s capstone program for personal financial planning and career exploration.

This program, comprising a curriculum and a simulation, helps students build a foundation to make intelligent financial decisions that last a lifetime, including decisions related to income, expenses, savings, and credit. Students are conceptualizing what it will take to live independently – housing, utilities, car loans and payments, health, car, homeowner’s insurance, food, entertainment, travel, and 401K. To learn more about grade-level programming, which starts in elementary school classrooms, visit jarockymountain.org/programs.

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