Watertown Savings Bank Partners with Junior Achievement to Deliver Important Financial Literacy and Workforce Readiness Lessons to Watertown High School Students

Watertown, MA– Watertown Savings Bank hosted 12 students from Watertown High School for a JA Skills to Achieve program on November 13, 2014.

Developed by Junior Achievement of Northern New England, the JA Skills to Achieve program is designed to inspire and motivate today’s high school students to continue to perform at their full potential in the classroom and set goals for their professional future.

The class was conducted in the Watertown Savings Bank boardroom. Five staff members, CFO Richard Tatarczuk, Marketing Officer Carole Katz, Customer Service Rep. Rachel Grant, Call Center Supervisor Paula Bontempo and Assistant Branch Manager Michelle Perez, alternated teaching the four, 45-minute lessons, entitled, “It’s My Life,” “Your Credit, Your Future,” “The Marketing Spin,” and “It’s My Future.” Through these sessions, students were introduced to specific business success skills and asked to assess their own personal skills. They were also instructed on the important topics of goal-setting, product advertising and how best to market oneself, and the basics of resume writing.

“Junior Achievement of Northern New England was thrilled to have been able to partner with Watertown Savings Bank in order to provide much needed financial literacy and workforce readiness education to 12 deserving Watertown High School students. These students are our future, and the better equipped they are to serve self-sufficient lives, the better we all will be as a community, and as a nation,” said Emily Neill, President of Junior Achievement of Northern New England.

“The Bank staff enjoyed the opportunity to share their personal career experiences with the class,” said Katz. “The students seemed to appreciate the program and, hopefully, took home some useful information.”

*For the 2013-2014 school year, Junior Achievement of Northern New England (JANNE) implemented 1,768 programs throughout 266 schools and after-school sites, reaching over 41,000 youth through the efforts of over 2,200 trained volunteers. Serving students in nine Massachusetts counties and the entire state of New Hampshire, JANNE focuses on impacting “at risk” youth, and reaching optimal students within its territory. All programs are provided at no cost to school and organizations. JANNE is a non-profit 501(c) 3 charity and is supported by corporations, individuals, foundations and special events. For more information, please contact:
Libby Allen, Junior Achievement of Northern New England
eallen@janewengland.org 781.373.1170