WITH A BETTER TOMORROW .

Proud

Thank you for your support of Junior Achievement of Greater Boston’s Spirit of JA Celebration. Tonight, we celebrate Junior Achievement’s mission and impact on the lives of the young people we serve in the region.

We continue to make significant progress with our new strategic vision to close the wealth and opportunity gaps for youth in key impact communities in our region (currently Boston, Brockton, Chelsea, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, Quincy, Somerville, and Worcester) by creating middle school to career pathways, igniting youth entrepreneurship, and preparing financially savvy youth.

We launched JA Inspire in December 2022, a hands-on career readiness and exploration fair which exposed 750 8th graders to 38 employers representing diverse companies and industries to get them thinking about their potential career pathway during the critical middle school years. We recently celebrated the first anniversary of our JA Innovation Center @ RSM in Charlestown, which has provided the region’s youth a safe environment with topof-the-line technology and access to mentors to ideate, innovate, explore their creativity, and experiment with various JA curricula.

We implemented the largest JA Stock Market Challenge in our history, with 1,125 high school students from our impact communities taking the JA Take Stock in My Future curriculum that introduced them to the stock market and the basics of investing. Over 130 of these students competed in the culminating fast-paced, live action simulation of the stock market exchange, putting into practice what they learned in the classroom in a fun and exciting competition to grow their portfolios.

We are excited to share news of the significant progress made concerning our JA Career Pathway For Alumni, through which we are preparing JA alumni (post high school) to secure, complete, and succeed in their first career opportunity through paid internships with some of the world’s leading employers in Greater Boston. Employers such as Accenture, AIG, CGI, Eaton Vance, Moderna, Staples, and Voya Financial – just to name a few. We are excited to help these bright JA alumni launch their careers at great companies while also helping diversify the region’s talent pipeline.

Tonight, we are excited to share more details on the launch of 3DE Schools by Junior Achievement at the Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Boston. This comprehensive, transformational instructional model, which connects high school education to the real world, is re-engineering high school education by making education more relevant to students’ future in the workforce, preparing students to master critical competencies that will help them succeed in any career pathway they choose; all while exposing them to positive role models from the business communities who will model what these students can become in the future.

Congratulations to tonight’s honorees who truly represent the spirit of Junior Achievement in their accomplishments, commitment to our mission, and strong partnerships.

We could not deliver on our mission without the generous support of our sponsors. I want to thank Delta Air Lines for returning as our Presenting Sponsor and to every other company and individual who contributed towards the success of this celebration of Junior Achievement’s positive impact on our youth and our communities.

We are humbled by your generosity.

Radhamés Nova