YES! Day Volunteer

• Our YES! program is a middle-school hands-on learning experience that runs roughly from 8-11:30am.  Note: Each school sets a different start time for their YES! Day. Please check the specific time on the event webpage for the school where you are volunteering.
• Volunteers will be paired up and assigned to a classroom to deliver one 30-minute activity to four separate groups of students. 
• Volunteers do not need any experience in the session they lead -- they just need a willingness to present the given material to the students. 
• Junior Achievement provides easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions on how to present the activities, as well as a kit with a script to follow and all materials.  
• The students rotate through the activities, volunteers stay in the same classroom presenting their activity to 4 different classes. 
• The teacher stays with their class the entire time. 

This video, put together by Victoria Kozlek, 8th grade Computer Science teacher at Hazleton Area School District's Valley Middle School, provides insight into a typical YES! Day. This programming is presented live to students from members of the business community, college students, and other adult volunteers.

2026-2027 Schedule (new schools are being added regularly)

SEPTEMBER 2026:

• Thursday, September 24: Wyoming Valley West Middle School
• Tuesday, September 29: Mountain View Jr/Sr High School

OCTOBER 2026:

• Thursday, October 1: Wallenpaupack Area Middle School
• Tuesday, October 06: Valley View Middle School
• Thursday, October 08: Blue Ridge Middle/High School
• Thursday, October 15: Solomon/Plains Middle School
• Tuesday, October 20: Valley Elementary/Middle School - HASD
• Thursday, October 22: Dallas Middle School
• Tuesday, October 27: Bloomsburg Middle School

NOVEMBER 2026:

• Tuesday, November 3: Benton Middle/Senior High School
• Thursday, November 05: Tunkhannock Intermediate Center
• Tuesday, November 10: Dunmore Jr/Sr High School
• Tuesday, November 17: Hazleton Elementary/Middle School
• Thursday, November 19: Crestwood Middle School

DECEMBER 2026:

• Tuesday, December 08: Carbondale Area Middle School

FEBRUARY 2027:

• Tuesday, February 02: Northwest Area Middle/High School
• Thursday, February 04: Mid Valley Secondary Center
• Tuesday, February 09: Elk Lake Jr/Sr High School
• Thursday, February 11: Bear Creek Community Charter School
• Thursday, February 18: Wyoming Area Secondary Center
• Thursday, February 25: Hanover Area Jr/Sr High School

MARCH 2027:

• Thursday, March 04: Old Forge Jr/Sr High School
• Tuesday, March 09: Weatherly Elementary/Middle School

APRIL 2027:

• Thursday, April 08: Western Wayne Middle School
• Tuesday, April 27: Good Shepard Academy
• Thursday, April 29: Lake-Lehman Jr/Sr High School

MAY 2027:

• Tuesday, May 11: Greater Nanticoke Area Educational Center
• Thursday, May 13: Berwick Middle School
• Thursday, May 20: Pittston Area Middle School
• Tuesday, May 25: Freeland Elementary/Middle School
• Thursday, May 27: G.A.R. Memorial Middle School

2026-2027 TBD:

• West Scranton Intermediate School
• Millville Jr/Sr High School

This is also a wonderful opportunity for staff members to get out into the community. Several companies use it as a team building exercise, or a way for employees to practice their public speaking and presentation skills to an unintimidating audience of middle schoolers.