inspire their future IN AN ENVIRONMENT UNLIKE ANY OTHER. Boundless potential. The American dream. Navigating your path to success in the modern economy. Junior Achievement Finance Park is these ideals come to life. The building itself is certainly humble, constructed from technologies and materials more frequently associated with aircraft hangars and storage facilities than with places of inspired learning. But within these modest walls lies an environment full of energy, passion, creativity and promise. It is a potent symbol of the idea that while something may appear raw on the outside, the potential for greatness lies just below the surface. THE JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT FINANCE PARK EXPERIENCE
13,000 The number of Fairfax County 8th graders who experience the innovative, hands-on learning environment of Junior Achievement Finance Park in Fairfax.
Three weeks of classroom curriculum, taught by the students’ teachers, will provide the building blocks of personal finance education.
Students will put their newly-learned skills to the test when they leave behind their lives as eighth graders and become adults with careers, families, salaries, and financial obligations in the digital, innovative, hands-on environment of Finance Park.
Finance Park graduates will make decisions on buying a home, purchasing and maintaining a vehicle, budgeting for student loans and health care expenses, and choosing child care, among others.
90 percent of Finance Park graduates report that they felt significantly more confident in their ability to make the right choices in life after participating in the program.