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West Pottsgrove and Ringing Rocks students present Junior Achievement lessons on jobs, money and community roles
Summary
First- and second-graders at West Pottsgrove and Ringing Rocks shared Junior Achievement lessons on careers, needs vs. wants, entrepreneurship and civic responsibilities; teachers said the program supports career-readiness and guidance standards.
Principals and counselors from West Pottsgrove and Ringing Rocks Elementary described a combined Junior Achievement effort at the board meeting, in which kindergarten through second-grade students learn age-appropriate career and financial-literacy concepts.
Dr. Chris Stango, principal of West Pottsgrove Elementary, and Terry Kohler, interim principal at Ringing Rocks Elementary, introduced students and staff involved in Junior Achievement lessons that cover decision-making, needs vs. wants, goods and services, community roles, and simple entrepreneurship. Counselor Jen Snyder and other classroom teachers brought students who described activities such as running a lemonade stand to raise money for a cancer cause, participating in a pizza-shop simulation to learn job roles and earnings, learning to identify places on a map, and distinguishing needs from wants.
Presenters said the program is part of the guidance curriculum to meet career- and work-standards. Students spoke about classroom activities: one student described running a lemonade stand to raise money for people with cancer; another described a role-playing exercise about a park improvement where the class voted to buy trash cans first. The principals and counselors said the activities are designed to teach decision-making, entrepreneurship and responsible citizenship.
Board members praised the students and staff and the district thanked families for involvement.
