Junior Achievement of Southwest Lousiana

02/12/2024

Junior Achievement’s Finance Park was a great experience for 8th graders and high school students. They took part in simulations of real life budgeting scenarios. Thanks to all our volunteers for making the event successful!

02/11/2024

Students from Lake Charles Charter Academy participated in the learning opportunity JA Our City. They designed and constructed a pop-up business to place on the city map. They also engaged in Egame competition.

02/10/2024

5th grade students from Lake Charles Charter Academy participated in Stem activities hosted by Junior Achievement of Southwest Lousiana and Louisiana Region 5 STEM Center.

01/20/2024

01/19/2024

Sulphur High students engaged in Finance Park simulation held at the Louisiana Region 5 STEM Center. Thank you LyondellBasell for your support in making the day successful.

01/19/2024

Thank you Red River Bank,First Federal Bank of Louisiana, Capital One Bank, Hancock Whitney, Westlake Chemical for helping with Finance Park.

01/19/2024

DeQuincy Middle School and T&I students participated in Finance Park simulations. They did a great job participating. Thank you teachers for bringing your students!

01/18/2024

Ready to start our week with Finance Park simulations. Set up and ready for our first group of CPSB students!
Thank you Louisiana Region 5 STEM Center for being an amazing partner and providing a great space.

01/09/2024

Junior Achievement SWLA is please to announce that we will be hosting Finance Park simulations January 16th – 26th at the Lake Charles Boston Learning Academy.

We are currently looking for volunteers. For more information about this financial literacy curriculum, please contact Susan Percle at 337-377-5840 or [email protected].

01/08/2024

Thank a Mentor with Action! ✨ This month let's turn gratitude into action. Take a moment to write a heartfelt note to your mentor, expressing the impact they've had on your life, or share it on social media and encourage others to do the same. Together, let's show our appreciation for the mentors who make a difference!

12/07/2023

A great big thank you to Louisiana Region 5 STEM Center for providing exciting and competitive STEM with robotics.

12/07/2023

2nd Annual Engineering Luncheon held at the Louisiana Region 5 STEM Centerwas a great success! We would like to thank all the teachers and students that participated. They were amazing.! This event would not be possible without the help of the many volunteers. Your dedication to education is much appreciated. We would like to thank the following sponsors for participating and providing donations:
Lyondellbasell, Phillips 66, Sasol, Citgo, Westlake Chemical, United Way SWLA, Levingston Group, Richard, Lake Charles Coca Cola, W.R. Grace, Recon Group, Argent, Lotte Chemical, SWLA Alliance Foundation, Hancock Whitney Bank, Wholesale Electric Supply Co., Cheniere, and Brown and Root.