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Happy New Year!
To all our stakeholders, we wish you the very best for
2012. We look forward to working with you to give young
people the knowledge and skills they need to own their future
economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and
economic choices.
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2011 Free
Enterprise
Survey
Junior Achievement USA and the National Chamber
Foundation recently conducted the first-ever national survey of high
school juniors' views of entrepreneurship, free enterprise and
capitalism. See what the next generation of entrepreneurs had to
say-read the results here.
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If you would like to volunteer to teach a JA class in
the spring, please contact Oralia Bernal at (956)
774-0382. We hope you will sign up to make a difference in a child's
life!
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Kohl's Cares
Kohl's Cares,in partnership with Junior Achievement
of Laredo, recently sponsored 21 students in Mrs. Denise Alcala's
class at Ligarde Elementary. The Kohl's partnership included the
donation of books to selected classes at local elementary schools.
A special thank you to Johnny Ramos and Kohl's for their continued
support and generosity to Junior Achievement.
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BACK ROW L-R: Nancy De Anda, JA executive board
Member; Romelia Elizondo, 3rd grade teacher; Raquel L. Perez,
author & Cynthia Lozano, 3rd grade teacher. FRONT FROW L-R:
Lucky Book Winners - Rose Reyna and Kaitlin Lozano
Local
Author Gives of Her Time
Thanks to the efforts of JA Executive
Board Member Nancy de Anda, students at Zaffirini Elementary
received a special visit from Ms. Raquel L. Perez, author of Ms.
Pea's Pet Store. Ms. Perez also donated two of her books which were
raffled among the 3rd grade students.
Junior Achievement, the Zaffirini Elementary
principal, faculty and staff are thankful to Ms. Perez for taking
time from her busy schedule to inspire the lives of these 3rd grade
students.
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LBJ
High School Students Give Back
Under the direction of Nina Gomez,
Education & Training; Child Development Teacher, 35 LBJ
High School students delivered the JA Ourselves and JA Our Families programs
to 450 students at Centeno, Roosevelt, Prada and Santo Niņo
Elementary Schools. During the season of giving, the JA Volunteers
felt it was a perfect time for giving back to the community.
They were also excited about volunteering, especially
since most of them would be returning to their former
elementary school. We also want to thank the administration,
faculty and staff at LBJ High School, and all the participating
schools who took part in making this event a successful one.
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