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August, 2022
Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay received the 5 Star Award at the 2022 National Leadership Conference. This award recognized JA Tampa Bay as a leading JA Area in funding and outreach to students and the community. Thank you to all those involved in JA Tampa’s mission to empower the youth.
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April, 2021
The State of the Region has included Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay in it’s ‘Promising Practices’ series. Specifically focused on the impact of 3DE by Junior Achievement on the region as a solution provider to issues from high school graduation rates to bridging the economic equity gap.
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March, 2021
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) partnered with 3DE Schools by Junior Achievement to deliver the HCSO 3DE Case Challenge to Chamberlain High School and Hillsborough High School. Through 3DE’s case competency-based method and integrating private/public partnerships, students experience increased learning engagement advancing measurable gains in academic proficiency, skills, and mindset.
The HCSO 3DE Case Challenge required students to work collaboratively with the support of HCSO volunteer coaches to solve the issue of communicating mental health issues with students successfully. After several weeks of integrating this case challenge across their core subjects, the students presented their case to judges from HCSO. The winning teams were presented with Apple iPads and AirPods courtesy of HCSO as a reward for their work.
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February, 2021
The Junior Achievement Florida Foundation has announced that it has received a $60,000 grant from State Farm. The state-wide initiative will support Junior Achievement learning experiences in eight localities throughout Florida, enabling thousands of young people to participate in JA’s nationally recognized financial literacy and work readiness learning experiences.
Each JA area will use the support to advance learning experiences most needed in their region. JA Tampa Bay will deliver JA Inspire Virtual Career Expo supplemented with the JA Digital Career App. The virtual platforms provide middle and high school students with a highly interactive virtual career fair, where they engage with over 100 businesses and educational institutions.
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January, 2020
Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay’s latest initiative that will transform high school education has received a huge investment from Raymond James. 3DE by Junior Achievement, which will launch in four Tampa Bay area high schools in fall 2020, re-engineers high school education to be more relevant, experiential, and authentically-connected to the complexities of the real world.
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December, 2019
Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay’s partnership with Embarc Collective gathers more attention across the Tampa Bay Area. Over 35 start-ups are now involved in the state-of-the-art innovation hub, seeking to drove creativity, entrepreneurial thinking, and continued growth and development to the Tampa Bay community.
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November, 2019
3DE by Junior Achievement High Schools are headed to Tampa Bay!
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November, 2019
The programs motivate students by allowing them to learn through real business projects.
August, 2019
June, 2019
We are excited to partner with Embarc Collective as one of 50 national partners to help Tampa Bay's startup talent build bold, scalable, thriving companies.
June, 2019
Junior Achievement (JA) of Tampa Bay recently announced that it has received grants totaling $18,000 to fund JA’s work readiness and financial literacy programming. The grants, from State Farm Insurance, are part of a larger statewide initiative totaling $60,000 that will support Junior Achievement programs in 11 localities throughout Florida, enabling over 5,000 young people to participate in JA’s nationally recognized economic education programs.
May, 2019
This is the second video in a series about the 2019 Pinellas County Schools Summer Internship program. At this event, students learn job skills from Junior Achievement and then have the opportunity to meet and interview with prospective employers from Pinellas County. We meet some of the students vying for the internships and we also meet some employers who are participating in the program
March, 2019
Feb, 2019
Six Honorees to Receive the Junior Achievement National Centennial Leadership Award
Six honorees representing Junior Achievement operations in seven U.S. cities have been named recipients of the Junior Achievement National Centennial Leadership Award by the Junior Achievement USA Board of Directors.
Sept, 2018
Junior Achievement to Deliver JA BizTown Mobile
Junior Achievement will launch a $500,000 fundraising campaign in Alachua County to bring a JA BizTown Mobile experience, presented by CAMPUS USA Credit Union, to Alachua County 5th graders.
Press Releases
November, 2019
Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay is creating an entrepreneurship academy and lab with Embarc Collective, the innovation and startup hub slated to be finished by the end of the year in downtown Tampa. The JA Entrepreneurship & Lab at Embarc Collective will educate and encourage middle and high school students within the region about entrepreneurship and innovation.
October, 2019
Innovative high school model proven to accelerate student engagement and academic outcomes in traditional public high schools will launch August 2020
March, 2019
Kane’s Furniture, The Vinik Family Foundation and USAA to be Celebrated
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