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We will return to our

EcoSystems and Salmon Unit in March

Because of a grant from the Yakima Valley Community Foundation, all fifth grade students from West Valley Middle School will be able to participate in a field trip to the new JA World facility in Terrace Heights during the week of March 5.

Chaperones are needed for March 5, 6, 7, and 8. Buses will leave the MS at 8:45 am and return at 1:15 pm.

All chaperones will need to have a background check completed by the school office (copy of driver's license needed) prior to the field trip.

Please contact the MS principal, Dave Jaeger, if you are able to chaperone for one of the days.

Mr. Jaeger can be contacted by phone (972-5706) or email: jaegerd@wvsd208.org.

Students will participate in the JA BizTown simulation. JA BizTown provides a simulated community where students assume the roles of workers and consumers.

Concepts – Banking, Business, Careers, Charitable giving, Citizenship, Competition, Conservation, Consumers, Demand, Division of Labor, Employment, Exchange, Goods, Marketing, Markets, Money, Needs, Opportunity Costs, Producers, Production, Quality, Resources, Saving, Scarcity, Services, Skills, Specialization, Supply, Wants.

Skills – Analysis, Applying information, Budgeting, Cause and Effect, Critical Thinking, Computation, Data Collection, Decision-making, Following Directions, Graphing, Interpersonal Communication, Listening, Negotiation, Observation, Planning, Predicting Outcomes, Problem-solving, Reading, Research, Role-playing, Setting Goals, Spending, Taking Responsibility, Teamwork.

More information about the Yakima facility for Junior Achievement is available at this website:

http://www.jawashington.org/world/yakima.php

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