Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Nickolas spends a day at JA Biztown
JA Biztown is a city that is run by students for a whole day. During the school year they were taught the principles needed to be a residence of JA Biztown for the day. They learned how businesses operate. Nickolas had to decide on a job he wanted to have for the day, have an interview, write checks, make deposits, follow a job description and then carry out the job for a day. Nickolas decided he wanted to be a studio camera operator. It was such a great experience for his class. I was so glad I had the chance to help that day. I was in the restaurant, the kids had to make popcorn and serve drinks for the day. They had to make sure they had inventory and followed their job description. They took out a loan for their store, had to write checks to keep the business running, collect money, make deposits, give payroll checks to their employees and at the end of the pay off their loan. It really gave the kids a great understanding of how things operate in the "real world".