Students from Wallingford, China Talk Business

Twenty high school students from Connecticut traveled to China in August, completing a year-long program that began when a delegation of Chinese students came to Connecticut last summer. The students from Mark T. Sheehan and Lyman Hall high schools in Wallingford joined 20 Shanghai students for a week-long focus on topics including business leadership, ethics and entrepreneurship. The first-in-the-nation Junior Achievement (JA) international exchange program, JA Global Connection, is aimed at helping students better understand each other’s cultures, economies and global business in general. It was made possible through the generous sponsorship and participation of United Technologies Corp (UTC). Visit www.jaconn.org for more information about JA of Southwest New England.