Junior Achievement this week

 The children were very excited to have another visit from Ms. Younan this week! They were even more excited that they were going to earn Junior Achievement MONEY for their hard work making donuts in the "Sweet-O Donut Shop last week!All of the children received $5.00 in JA money.

THEN the children reviewed the services that we need in the community, such as: firefighters, policemen, librarians, teachers, and postal workers. The children remembered that these service workers are paid with taxes! The children had to pay back some of their newly earned JA wages to the government to make sure these services are present and functioning in our town. This was not only a great review from our citizenship unit about why we pay taxes, but it was a wonderful lesson that allowed the kids to see how people need to 1) go to work to earn wages 2) receive earnings 3) pay taxes to the government for services that benefit everyone in the community. You should have seen their little disappointed faces when the tax collector snatched $2 of their $5.00! That's real life, kids!! :)