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Visiting Students in the Classroom

Posted at Tri-Cities, Washington (Kennewick, Pasco, Richland) Real Estate Center by Paul Roy

Feb. 17, 2008

Categorized in: Community Involvement

Tagged with: junior achievement, paul roy, students, sunset elementary, volunteer

I am passionate person. I care about our children and believe its adults responsibility to seek to educate and inspire young people to succeed. For over 30 years now, I have had the chance to volunteer to help others who help children.

In schools, churches, and working with great organizations like the Salvation Army, United Way, Boys and Girls Clubs and Rotary to name a few. I, with so many other people, have been there to help. Why do we do it?

We do it because; we want to give back to others. We give as much as we can to children because we believe they need it most. That is why, this year, you will once again find me in the 3^rd grade classroom of Jennifer Quesnell, Sunset Elementary School, Kennewick Washington.

For over 10 years now, I have come to spend time in Ms. Quesnell’s classroom to teach them using the Jr. Achievement Program. Using this lesson plan, I work to change students’ lives by helping them understand business and economics. The program consistent of the following lesson plan:

Our City^® studies careers, the skills people need to work in specific careers, and how businesses contribute to a city. We have five activities which I lead they cover the following concepts and skills.

Concepts–Banking, Business, Careers, City, City planner, Communication, Consumer, Decision, Economic development, Economic institutions, Entrepreneur, Incentives, Income, Interdependence, Jobs, Money, Producer, Quality, Resources, Skills, Specialization, Zones

Skills–Applying information, Applying thinking skills, Compiling data, Conducting research, Constructing data, Creating readable documents, Decision-making, Developing ideas, Drawing, Filling out forms, Following directions, Identifying zones, Interpreting data, Interpreting directions, Listening critically, Mapping information, Map reading, Making observations, Math computations, News writing, Reading data, Responding to written and oral presentations, Role-playing, Teamwork, Using scale

I am excited by being a Junior Achievement Volunteer. Not only do I enjoy meeting and interacting with the teacher and students. But, all their programs are designed to support the skills and competencies identified by the Partnership for 21^st Century Skills. These programs also augment school-based, work-based, and connecting activities for communities with school-to-work initiatives.

Here is to another great group of kids I will be enjoying in 2008 at Sunset Elementary.

Thank you for allowing me into your classroom Ms. Quesnell.

Best Wishes;

Mr. Roy

ABOUT Junior Achievement: Located in Colorado Springs, the JA Worldwide® Headquarters provides support for JA operations throughout the U.S., and in nearly 100 countries around the world that carry out the mission.

JA Worldwide annually reaches approximately 8 million students worldwide. Through age-appropriate curricula, JA programs begin at the elementary school level, teaching children how they can impact the world around them as individuals, workers and consumers. JA programs continue through the middle grades and high school, focusing on the key content areas of entrepreneurship, work readiness, and financial literacy.

We do all this with the help of our volunteers. Volunteers who so care about our youth they take time out of their day to make a difference. How do we know this? We have external evaluators measure the impact of our programs. For more information on JA's effectiveness, see the JA Programs section.

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