JA Camps

JA Camps is organized as three separate tracks with activities matched to school grade. JA BizTown serves students entering grades 4-6 and follows a five-day progression. Campers begin by designing a business venture, then complete skills and personality work, build resumes, apply and interview for jobs, present a business proposal, and prepare for the BizTown simulation. The week culminates with campers working in the 10,000-square-foot mini-city, where the broader BizTown program models jobs, paychecks, banking, taxes, voting, and business profit.

JA Finance Park serves students entering grades 7-9 in a five-day sequence focused on careers and financial decision-making. Activities include future planning, investing, entrepreneurship, business models, resume building, career-interest assessments, professional interviews, credit, loans, interest, budgeting, and a business pitch. Campers finish in the Mission Fed JA Finance Park life simulation, managing a budget for a virtual family.

JA Titan serves students entering grades 9-12 over three mornings. Campers explore business, economics, and the world of work through a simulation in which they act as business leaders. The program covers production, research and development, marketing, economic factors, strategy, and decision outcomes, ending with a Titan business competition.

JA reports a counselor-to-camper ratio of no more than 1:15. All camp staff are background checked and complete mandatory trainings. Participation also uses published liability, medical, medication, and media releases. The medical release authorizes JA officials to contact the people named on the form and allows named physicians to provide treatment considered necessary for a child’s health. A separate medication release allows Junior Achievement staff to give medication with parent or guardian permission.

JA’s medical release allows officials to contact the people named on the participant’s form and authorizes named physicians to provide treatment considered necessary for the child’s health. A separate medication release lets a parent or guardian authorize Junior Achievement staff to give medication. The parent or guardian is responsible for safe delivery of the medication to and from the facility and for notifying staff of changes to its use or prescribed treatment.

JA reports a counselor-to-camper ratio of no more than 1:15. All camp staff are background checked and complete mandatory trainings. The camp programs also use guided team activities, interviews, and simulations in which campers practice workplace and financial skills with structured adult supervision.

Parents and guardians receive an email with camp instructions and necessary forms three weeks before their registered camp week. JA also provides a designated summer-camp contact and organization office for questions about participation.

All three camp tracks meet at the Wendy Gillespie Center for Junior Achievement. JA BizTown and JA Finance Park run Monday-Friday from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, while JA Titan runs Monday-Wednesday from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Before and after care are not offered. Parents and guardians receive camp instructions and required forms three weeks before their registered week. Friend-group requests are not accepted; JA groups campers using multiple factors.