When Peggy Beauregard moved to Avon a few years ago, she was looking for a way to become involved in the community and to take an active part in her children's education.

Peggy remembered Junior Achievement from her youth in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, so, when there was a call for JA volunteers at a PTO meeting, she decided to give it a try.

"The more I learned about JA, the more it seemed like a great way to become involved at school and get to meet my children's friends and teachers and our neighbors," she recalls.

Now, four years later and after teaching a dozen programs, Peggy's enthusiasm for JA is stronger than ever.

"I love JA! It's such a worthwhile program. It's so important for our children to be learning these concepts and JA makes it easy - easy for volunteers to present the material and easy for kids to grasp the concepts," she says.

In addition to teaching JA, Peggy has been JA's greatest advocate in Avon, helping to coordinate programs and introduce JA to new grades at Roaring Brook, Pine Grove and Thompson Book.

She has taught all the elementary grade programs, but does she have a favorite?

"Not really," she says. "But I do seem to have favorite lessons; like the 5th grade program (Our Nation) where kids learn about the different forms of business and take part in the mock job interview."

Peggy has recently started working as a math professor at the University of Hartford, but has no plans to curtail her involvement with JA. "I'm hooked," she says, "I could never stop being a part of JA, It's too important for all of us."