Junior Achievement and Coronado Unified School District Join Forces at Junior Achievement Day to Prepare and Inspire the Next Generation of Leaders and Promote Financial Literacy at Silver Strand Elementary
Duchi Galvez, Junior Achievement, Laura Bagheri, Junior Achievement, Karl Mueller, District Superintendent, Renee Nutter, Coronado Junior Woman’s Club President, Julie Russell, School Board, Sara Stillman, Coronado Junior Woman’s Club President, Marla Black, Junior Achievement, President and CEO, Principal Tammy Marble, Silver Strand Elementary, Mayor Richard Bailey, City of Coronado, Capt. Ed Anderson, US Navy, Karolyn Dale, Junior Achievement
Students in Front Row/Left to Right: Claire Hickey, Student Council President, Silver Strand Elementary, Sophia Gates, Student Council Treasure, Silver Strand Elementary, Madilyn Anderson, Student Council Secretary, Silver Strand Elementary, Mason Wilson, Student Council VP, Silver Strand Elementary
Junior Achievement (JA) announced a renewed partnership with the Coronado Unified School District. Through this collaboration, JA will impact 1,718 students across the District. JA programs will help these students prepare for the real world by teaching them how to get job, start a business and manage money.
A panel consisting of Mayor Richard Bailey, District Superintendent Karl Mueller, Silver Strand Elementary Principal Tammy Marble, Coronado Junior Women’s Club (CJWC) President Sara Stillman, and Junior Achievement President and CEO Marla Black realized the importance of preparing and inspiring the next generation of Coronado’s leaders. Coronado Unified School District (CUSD) is unique in that 39 percent of the students are military dependent. The panel recognizes the benefits of educating students at an early age about financial literacy, work readiness skills and entrepreneurship. JA volunteers will teach important life-lessons about money, budgeting and learning about wants vs. needs.
“Our children are our future. Building 21st-century leaders has always been a priority for our city and schools. Our partnership with Junior Achievement allows us to further our mission of ensuring students are prepared for financial and career success,” said Mayor Richard Bailey at the City of Coronado.
We are grateful to the community for bringing Junior Achievement inside our classrooms. We had fun learning about money, budgeting and why it is important to pay taxes.
–Mason Wilson, Student Council VP, Silver Strand Elementary
“While the military students and families at CUSD are incredibly resilient, transitioning into a new school district can be difficult and challenging at any grade level. Our partnership with Junior Achievement will help us ensure all of our students have access to the highest quality curriculum so they can succeed in today’s global economy,” said Karl Mueller, Superintendent at Coronado Unified School District.
“We are delighted to have students from the Coronado School District participating in Junior Achievement programs. This partnership provides our students with the opportunity to become financially literate and to develop entrepreneurial skills that will help them see the direct connections between their education and being successful in their future pursuits,” said Tammy Marble, Principal at Silver Strand Elementary & Preschool.
Junior Achievement was the Coronado Junior Woman’s Club’s Taste of Coronado event beneficiary with the intention of donated funds contributing to the partnership with CUSD. Sara Stillman, President at Coronado Junior Woman’s Club, said, “We share JA’s passion for inspiring youth to dream for a bigger and brighter future. For this reason, we are playing a key role to bring our students JA’s financial literacy programs so they are ready to compete in today’s rapidly changing business environment.”
“Our renewed and strengthened partnership will merge JA’s mission of getting kids real world ready with Coronado Unified School District’s commitment to help students succeed beyond the classroom,” said Marla Black, President and CEO at Junior Achievement of San Diego County. This collaboration would not be possible without the financial support of the Coronado Junior Woman’s Club. JA is extremely grateful for their support.
- Nearly 60 percent of today’s teens don’t think they will be ready to financially support themselves by the time they turn 24, according to a 2014 survey conducted by Junior Achievement USA and Allstate Foundation.
- According to a 2016 study by the Center for Financial Literacy, California is one of eleven states that have few requirements, or none at all, for personal finance education in our high school.
- According to a 2015 survey conducted by Junior Achievement USA and Allstate Foundation, nearly half of all teens don’t know how to create a simple budget.
- Forty-three percent of teens surveyed said they felt a financial education class would be more beneficial than a foreign language, calculus, U.S. History, or physical education class, according to a 2017 study by SecureFutures.
