Mrs. McGinty's Class Blog: December 2019

BizTown Volunteer Form:

The gold letter in your child's Friday Folder is requesting volunteers for our upcoming trip to JA BizTown in St. Louis on January 22nd. To ensure a successful visit, we need adult volunteers. Parent volunteers will be in charge of helping students run the businesses at BizTown. (You most likely won't be at the same business as your child, but you will be able to eat lunch with them if you'd like!) If you are able to volunteer, please read the gold letter, fill out the bottom portion of the letter, and return to me no later than Wednesday, Dec. 11th. Please only sign up if you know for sure you'll be able to attend. There is a limited number of volunteers that we are able to bring. Just a heads up- In the past, we have had to have a lottery to determine our volunteers since we had so many parents volunteer. We are so lucky to have so many people willing to help! 😊

What is JA BizTown?

BizTown is a Junior Achievement program that encompasses important elements of community and economy, work readiness, financial literacy, and business management. At BizTown, each student will assume a job, produce and/or sell products, receive a paycheck, work on a business team, repay business loans, shop, and manage a personal bank account. Students will use critical thinking skills to learn about key economic concepts as they explore and enhance their understanding of free enterprise. To learn more about JA BizTown, check out this slideshow that I showed students earlier this week: JA BizTown Overview and Tour

December Calendar of Activities:

In your child's Friday Folder you will find our December Calendar of Activities and Information about our Secret Gift Exchange. Please let me know if you have any questions. We will need some supplies for some of our December fun. If you able to sign up to bring items, I would really appreciate it! See the sign up link below.

Holiday Sign Up

Check out some pictures of what we've been up to!