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Financial Literacy | Work Readiness | Entrepreneurship
JA's K-12 digital programs from our home to yours.
WEEK 6
Thank you Teachers for helping students THRIVE every day, every way!
Each year, we are invited into K-12 classrooms across Central Florida and teachers in every building welcome JA with open arms and minds.

To every teacher we serve and to those we look forward to serving one day, we thank all teacher sfor being such an inspiration to our community as you lead every student to greatness.

These are times we never anticipated, and teachers everywhere are making sure that students are learning and THRIVING at home. Thank you for all of your dedication before, during and after life returns to normal again. When that happens, our JA Volunteers will be here for you and your students. Until then, we continue to work to support you and help your students and their families THRIVE during distance learning.

Welcome to our 6th week of JA THRIVE delivered to you by JA of Central Florida. JACF has developed this weekly "virtual backpack" filled with digital resources to help Central Florida's K-12 students, their teachers and parents THRIVE at home while schools are closed.

We can't wait for our volunteers to join students again when schools reopen in the fall! Until then, our goal is to help adults find meaningful ways to keep all students planning for and dreaming about tomorrow...and worry less about what's happening today. This is how we "JA!"

Don't miss out on our earlier issues of JA THRIVE. Click here to access our THRIVE ARCHIVE - Weeks 1-5!

Share JA THRIVE with anyone helping students while they learn from home! Keep your ideas/requests coming! A member of our JACF staff can help walk you through any lessons and also hep you modify activities, so students are successful. Email us at programs@jacentralfl.org for any help needed!

Watch this Father and Son connect over Financial Literacy
Kyren Gibson has taken home schooling to a whole new level! Kyren has been helping his 8 year old son, Kyng learn all about financial literacy, entrepreneurship and even investments and assets during time at home together.

Click here to watch this phenomenal father and son duo practice the basics of financial literacy, so Kyng can prepare for a future of financial health and wellness.

Kudos to Kyren and so many other parents for taking time to help empower their children to make strong economic decisions as they get older. That is what JA is all about! Scroll down to find new JA financial literacy, entrepreneurship and work readiness lessons and activities to help all children learning from home at this time!
Teacher? Parent? Volunteer?
Start BELOW and help your students THRIVE today!
Teachers! This week, JA THRIVE provides lessons and activities dedicated to particular JA pathways for particular student levels. Financial Literacy resources for K-5, work readiness activities for 6-8 and entrepreneurship lessons for 9-12.

Parents/Guardians! Your family can THRIVE together making sure your child or children have the resources they need to be financially capable, ready for the workforce or even develop their entrepreneurial mindsets!

Have a look at this week's JA resources designed to complement lessons provided by your child's teacher or lessons you have been developing on your own these last few weeks. We are here to support EVERY child's teacher at school and home! Have any questions? Contact the JA Programs Team any time for further help - we are happy to assist!
ELEMENTARY K-5
One of our most popular sessions! New BONUS K-2 Activities This Week:
Teachers and parents continue to enjoy these read aloud book activities that help young students learn about managing money for now and the future! Don't worry if you don't have these books at home - these audio-recordings can be accessed from any device. Your student/child can watch, listen to and enjoy and connected you to a list of discussion questions that go along with each book.

JACF Weekly K-5 Selections for Teachers & Parents:
Teachers and Parents have started using our JA recorded lessons to help balance distance learning activities. Let our volunteers help you teach from home!

This week's lessons/activities have been organized with hyperlinks to all sessions and related resources. Easy for teachers to upload to your digital lesson plan books. Even easier for parents to download and share with your children today!
MIDDLE 6-8

JACF Weekly 6-8 Selection for Teachers & Parents:
Middle school is the PERFECT time to start planning for the future! This week's selection of JA resources focuses on how to prepare students for their career goals, connect them to their personal interests, values and even practice resume building. Let's move the future from "too far away" to "why not today?" by sharing thees activities with your 6-8 students!

SPECIAL NOTE: : JA "blended courses" provide opportunities for you to teach virtually and customize content to meet the needs of your middle grades students.Sign up today to gain access to these courses and digital resources.
HIGH 9-12
JACF Weekly 9-12 Selection for Teachers & Parents:
All lessons have been organized with hyperlinks to sessions or main activity.. Easy for teachers to upload to your digital lesson plan book. Even easier for parents to download and share with your children today! Two (2) new items this week and both focus on building a student's entrepreneurial spirit!:

  • Entrepreneurial Strength and Talents - Help HS students identify and awaken their inner entrepreneur with these fun activities that help a student get to know him/herself better than ever before. Both activities are available in an online format or as printable pages.
  • Developing your Competitive Advantage as an Entrepreneur - Have an idea for a start up? Young people need to know how to fund your idea, use creativity to demonstrate your experience to potential investors and learn how they can observe other companies to develop their own competitive advantage. These are great activities for emerging entrepreneurs looking to grow their "brand."

SPECIAL NOTE: JA "blended courses" provide opportunities for you to teach virtually and customize content to meet the needs of your high school students.These are supplemental and semester-long programs you can select for students you support.

Parent? Teacher? Have questions about any of the JA resources above? Need something you don't see?

Contact us directly at programs@jacentralfl.org
A member from our JACF Programs team will be glad to assist you!
JACF Partner Resources
Hear From Our JA Career Speaker Virtual Volunteers!
Our partners at JA USA have been working hard to start a library of videos shot by our volunteers while THEY are working from home!

Watch these videos where our JA Volunteers share their education and experience background about how they arrived where they are today in their careers!

Get to know our volunteers and learn about the hard work it takes to persevere and find success! Can be viewed as a school assignment or general life lesson to help everyone distance learning today, but planning for their future tomorrows!


Become a JA Career Speaker Virtual Volunteer Today!
We are now able to accept help from JACF adults who wish to "volunteer" while sheltering at home. We just launched our JA Career Speaker Series Virtual program   and need your help! We are seeking professionals from EVERY industry to record a video that captures your "story" or journey about your job/career and how you arrived at your success.

Students are isolated to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. However, after 6 weeks many teens are beginning to struggle to maintain their motivation to persevere and visualize their goals. Help inspire middle and high school students across Central Florida by sharing your journey to success as a JA Career Speaker Virtual Volunteer!

Registration is  required  even if you are a current JACF Volunteer. Click the link below to register and you will receive an auto-reply with your next steps!

Lights, Cell Phone, Action!
MyCareerShines - Career Tools for Florida's Students
P rovided by the Florida Department of Education, MyCareerShines provides elementary, middle, high school and college students and the workforce with career exploration tools that will help benefit their financial health over time.

Used in our JA Inspire program, student accounts grow as students grow. Help learners at any age and at every stage of life, so they can plan for their futures and own their economic success!

Access Florida's career planning tools for different people in your life...maybe even you:


Need help staying "connected" at home?
AT&T is committed to being here to help you stay connected throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Details about options for current customers and eligible families can be found here.

Use the link above and contact AT&T directly with any questions about how they can help your family stay connected at home.

Comcast announced it will be increasing speeds for the Internet Essentials program, and making the program free to new low-income customers for two months, amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

To sign up, visit their Comcast Webpage
Spectrum is also offering special discounts to households affected by COVID-19.

Beginning Monday, March 16, they will offer free access to internet and WiFi for 60-days for new Pre-K to 12, college student and teacher households who don't currently have internet or WiFi service.

This discount will be applied as a credit for your first two months of internet services. Spectrum will waive any installation or pre-payment fees to help get you started. For more information, contact Spectrum at (855) 243-8892.
NEXT WEEK IN JA THRIVE:
More JA Financial Literacy, Work Readiness and Entrepreneurship programs for K-12 distance learning!
We're here to help teachers and parents throughout Central Florida!
Let our team help you modify any JA activities for your students or children learning from home. Contact us at programs@jacentralfl.org