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From January to July 2007
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Date Newspaper Headline Page 4 January The Tallaght Echo Hooky Helps Kids Count for Success 4 6 January Liffey Champion Junior Achievement Certificates for 5 Kilcock Girls 12 January Waterford News & Pupils Put to the Test by count4success 6-7-8 Star 17 January Tallaght News Junior Achievement at St Aidans 9 14 February Limerick Leader LIT Juniors Course is all the Business 10 14 February East Children Gain Insight into Business World 11 16 February Laois Nationalist Pupils Get a Taste of Real Life 12-13 17 February Limerick Post Students Get Insight into Business World 14 March Leitrim Post Young Money Makers 15 March The Monaghan Echo Admirable Achievement For Local School 16 Children 1 March Tallaght Echo CSI comes to IT Tallaght 17 8 March Kildare Nationalist Young Entrepreneurs shine at RDS 18 15 March Monaghan Echo Enterprising Students ! 19 15 March Irish Independent Pupils team up with gardaì to fight crime 20 16 March Monaghan Echo Entrepreneurs From Local Colleges Shine 21 28 March Irish Independent Profitable lesson in German for Clonmel 22 Students 28 March Irish Examiner Student Innovation Awards 2007 22 28 March Irish Times Students Scoop Innovation Awards 23 29 March Galway Advertiser Employees Volunteer Time for Local 24 Schoolchildren 30 March Kildare Nationalist Athy’s young entrepreneurs reach national 25 finals 30 March Connacht Tribune APC hosts “School to work” Day 26 1 April The Sunday Business Junior Achievement Ireland gets 100% 27 Post approval 1 April The Sunday Business Wyeth Promote Culture of Enterprise 28 Post 4 April The Mayo News Young Achivers Lead The Way 29 12 April The Monaghan Echo Junior Achievers in Carrick 30
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13 April The Leitrim Junior Achievement Working With Leitrim 31 Observer Council 19 April Anglo Celt Cavan Co Council Volunteers Visists 2 nd 32 Level School May Anglo Celt Cavan Co. Council Schools Success 33 2 May Fingal Independent Students Learn What it Takes to run an 34 Airport 17 May The Tallaght Echo Teaching Students Value of Work 35 18 May Connaght Tribune Challenge Science 2007 36 23 May Anglo Celt Council Honours Local Students 37 24 May Northern Standard Junior Achievement Visits Deravoy N.S. 38 26 May The Liffey Champion AOL Day out for Lucan School Children 39 7 June The Monaghan Post School Awards at Deravoy 40-41 13 June The Dundalk Junior Achievement Working With Louth 42 Democrat County Council 20 June The Tallaght Echo The Future is Calling 43 21 June The Anglo Celt Students from St. Clare Visited the 44 A.I.B Bank In Cavan 29 June The Irish Times Opening doors and Minds to Ideas and 45 Opportunities 6 July Kepak Group Article to Kepak Newsletter 46-47 11 July The Echo Achieving So Much So Young 48
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The Tallaght Echo, 4th January 2007
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Liffey Champion, 6th January 2007
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Waterford News & Star, 12th January 2007
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Tallaght News, 17 th January 2007
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Limerick Leader 14 th February 2007
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East, 14th February 2007
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Laois Nationalist, 16th February 2007
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Limerick Post 17th February 2007
14 Leitrim Post, March 2007
15 The Monaghan Echo, March 2007
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Tallaght Echo 1 st March
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Kildare Nationalist 8 th March 2007 – Scoil Mhuire Athy
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Monaghan Echo, 15 th March 2007
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Irish Independent 15 th March 2007 – Our Universe in DIT Kevin Street
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Monagha Echo, 16 th March
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Irish Independent, 28 th March 2007 National Final Winners
Irish Examiner, 28 th March 2007– RDS Student Innovation Awards Winners
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Irish Times 28 th March 2007
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Galway Advertiser, 29 th March 2007
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Kildare Nationalist, 30 Th March 2007
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Connacht Tribune, Friday 30 th March 2007
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The Sunday Business Post, 1 st April 2007
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The Sunday Business Post, 1 st April 2007 - Wyeth
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Mayo News, 4 th April 2007
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Monaghan Post, 12th April 2007
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The Leitrim Observer, 13th April 2007
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Anglo Celt, 19th April 2007
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May 2007
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Fingal Independent, 2 nd May 2007
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Tallaght Echo, 17th May 2007
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Connacht Tribune, Friday 18th May 2007
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The Anglo Celt, 23th May 2007
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Northern Standard, 24 th May 2007
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26 th May 2007
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Monaghan Post, 7th June 2007
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The Dundalk Democrat, 13th June 2007
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The Tallaght Echo, Wednesday 20 th June 2007
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The Anglo Celt, 21 st June 2007
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The Irish Times, Friday 29 th June 2007
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“To inspire and motivate young people to realise their potential by valuing education and understanding the role of business in the community.” JA Mission Statement
Junior Achievement is a non-profit making organisation dedicated to “building a bridge between the classroom and the workplace”. It is part of a worldwide organisation that reaches out to over 7 million young people every year. Established in Ireland in 1995 it has since gone on to form partnerships with 150 leading business organisations, with its programmes being thought to over 50,000 students by 2000 business volunteers.
Its programmes are designed for children from as young as 5 years old, teaching them how they can impact on the world around them as individuals, consumers and workers, right through to programmes for 18 year old students, helping them prepare for their future careers. Due to the range of ages that Junior Achievement is aimed at there are a number of different programmes and a various different roles that the volunteers fill, from being a storyteller for the younger classes to helping the older students with CV’s and setting up their own micro-company.
This benefits the students by giving them an insight into the business world. They also enjoy having someone, who isn’t a teacher, coming into them and talking to them about things which are outside their normal curriculum and part of the ‘real world’!
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The teachers have the benefit of making ties with businesses in their local area, they also benefit from the high quality materials and content of the Junior Achievement programmes, and for the volunteer it offers a rewarding and challenging experience.
My own experience of the programme was a positive one. I spent one hour a week for six weeks in St. Patrick’s Senior National School in Blanchardstown, teaching the “Our Region” programme. The aim of the programme is to teach the children what resources are and how they are important to us, so they would then be able to identify where things from shops come from and how they are made.
I had visions of entering a classroom full of screaming 9 year olds running riot, but the reaction from the kids and their enthusiasm for the programme was amazing. I was actually shocked at how much they paid attention to what I was saying. The teacher was always there to keep them in check, help out and give a word of advice “don’t be afraid to shout at them”. Overall I’d recommend volunteering to anyone! The Junior Achievement scheme is a simple one from everyone who participates – volunteers, pupils and teachers – can benefit.
Kepak is happy to be associated with this programme and is keen for more and more volunteers to take part in the future. For more information check out www.juniorachievement.ie
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The Echo, Wednesday 11 th July 2007
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