The McGrath Family BizTown at Junior Achievement meeting for the YMCA.
We had a meeting at Junior Achievement where The McGrath Family BizTown is located. The McGrath Family BizTown at Junior Achievement (JA Biz Town) a is a place where elementary students students can learn to managing different businesses that range from operating banks, working as the town's mayor or judge, working at Cox Cable to working at State Farm. JA BizTown teaches you children to be able to make personal decisions, go to business meetings, pay taxes, donate to charity and watch their bank accounts. They become JA Citizens for the day. Which I think is super cool. I wish when I was younger we were able to do something like this. We had a meeting with JA Biz Town for many reason. One to look at the site and to talk to them about have one of the camp weeks be here at JA Biz Town. In that week they would learn about how to learn basic skill that you will need when you are older which included: business/ work meetings, learning how to pay taxes, being able to know how to balancing your checkbook, interest rates, going to work, and also pay bills. Just simple thing that are very important when you go off into the real world. Learning all of these skills is something that you don't normally learn in school. While learning about all of these topics they are going to take what is normal a four week curriculum into one week and in that one we they will be preparation for their visits to the JA Biz Town three times out of the week to put their skills to work. Going to this meeting really showed me that the YMCA really cares about their programs and they want their camp to be filled with many activities that children will be interested in. It was an amazing opportunity to go and visit The McGrath Family BizTown at Junior Achievement space.