JABC at Mt. Baker Secondary School, Cranbrook
We partner with JA British Columbia to bring financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship programs to students in the Basin. All of these programs are delivered free of charge to youth in grades 4-12 thanks to dedicated volunteers.
Volunteers from the business community deliver the programs free to students in grades four through 12. Programs include:
Elementary School Programs
More Than Money
- Grades 4-5
- Volunteer-Led
- 4 one-hour lessons
- Help students understand how proper money management can improve their lives and how their financial choices can impact others.
Our Business World
- Grades 5-6
- Volunteer-Led
- 4 one-hour lessons
- Helps students explore how businesses are created and what makes them thrive. Using games and multimedia, students learn about innovation, start-ups, and self-employment.
Business of Our Own
- Grades 6-8
- Volunteer-Led
- 4 one-hour lessons
- Gives students the hands-on learning experience of planning a business, producing and promoting their products, tracking their finances and managing a team.
Middle School Programs
Business of Our Own
- Grades 6-8
- Volunteer-Led
- 4 one-hour lessons
- Gives students the hands-on learning experience of planning a business, producing and promoting their products, tracking their finances and managing a team.
Dollars with Sense
- Grades 7-9
- Volunteer-Led
- 4 one-hour lessons
- Introduces students to personal money management skills including methods of payment, cost of credit, purchasing influences, online security, goal setting, budgeting, and the basics of investing.
Economics for Success
- Grades 8-10
- Volunteer-Led
- 4 one-hour lessons
- Encourages students to consider how they can prepare to enter the world of work by helping them map career clusters, consider post-secondary options, create a personal budget and develop strategies to achieve their goals.
High School Programs
Economics for Success
- Grades 8-10
- Volunteer-Led
- 4 one-hour lessons
- Encourages students to consider how they can prepare to enter the world of work by helping them map career clusters, consider post-secondary options, create a personal budget and develop strategies to achieve their goals.
Company Program- In-School
- Grades 10-12
- Volunteer-Led
- Weekly sessions over 10-16 weeks + sales days + wrap up
- Students experience the excitement of planning and operating their own small business, giving them real-world skills to help them in their career path.
Be Entrepreneurial
- Grades 10-12
- Volunteer-Led
- 4 one-hour lessons + business pitch competition
- Students learn the essential components of launching a realistic entrepreneurial venture by a developing a plan and pitching ideas for their own business.
Investment Strategies Program
- Grades 10-12
- Teacher-Led
- 4 one-hour lessons + online competition
- Features a stock market simulation where students learn about the markets and investing by competing in an online challenge against students from across the country.
Titan
- Grades 10-12
- Teacher-Led
- 6 one-hour lessons + online competition
- Students take part in an interactive online business simulation where they become CEOs of their own company and gain the confidence to become entrepreneurs. They create a business strategy, make management decisions and strive to succeed in a highly competitive industry.
Are you a local professional interested in volunteering your time and experience? Volunteer with JABC! Learn more at jabc.ca/volunteer