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Classes

JH PE

Focus: JH Softball. Girls PE.  JH Track

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Major Grade: Dress out and work with the team to win.

 

​Computer Applications
Focus: Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.  Prezi. Google Docs.


Makeup: Daily demos followed by exercises. Walk-through the software together and then try your new skills out on a business document.


Major Grade: Unit production tests.  Comprehensive project creating a class vacation proposal to the school board.

​Business Law
Focus: Personal and Business Law


Makeup: A lot of lecture and discussion over topics.  Such as assault, manslaughter, contract law, and negligence. 



Major Grade: Mostly tests and a few projects to check comprehension.

​Accounting
Focus: The accounting cycle.​​


Makeup: Most classes involve a short lecture followed by demonstration.  Often people are intimidated by accounting but if you can add and subtract you'll do great!



Major Grade: Tests and a final that involves completing the accounting cycle for a Putting Green Golf Supplier who is 3 months behind on his books.

​Business Exploratory (7th Grade)
Focus: Typing form and speed.  Basic computer application skills.  Career exploratory.​​


Makeup: Typing along with software.  Creating business documents.  Researching careers into an online journal.



Grading: Daily grades based on performance of typing and projects.

​Business Technology
Focus: Microsoft Office Suite.  Adobe Photoshop and InDesign.  Career Preparation.


Makeup: Hands on projects creating business documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and databases.


Major Grade: Comprehensive production projects at the end of each semester.



*Dual credit.  *Business Tech II weighted.

​Personal Finance
Focus: Making Money.  Obtaining Employment.  Saving and Investing Money.  Money Management.


Makeup: Discussion and hands on projects.  Creating a budget, calculating loan payments, and planning for financial goals. 


Major Grade: Comprehensive personal financial plan.  Looking at your future income, safety net, and plans for purchasing major life items.



​Entrepreneurship
Focus: Start up process of a business.  Basic Business Operations.  Marketing Tactics.  Legality Issues. Store Site Location and Layout.  Creating a Business Plan to Receive Investments.


Makeup: Notes, tests, and projects.


Major Grade: End of the semester business plan.  Create a business plan for a new venture of your choice that you would like to pursue.

​Mulitmedia
Focus: Combining video, text, images via Photoshop, Movie Maker, Adobe Captivate, iMovie.​


Makeup: Mostly working within time constraints to create multimedia productions.


Major Grades: Locker Signs. Audio Mix.  Tiger Commercial.  Motivational Movie. School Logo.  Basketball Posters. Tutorial Walk-Through.​

​Web Design
Focus: Adobe Photoshop, Fireworks, Flash, and Dreamweaver


Makeup: We'll do most of our learning through hands on projects that slowly build up until we've built entire websites from scratch.


Major Grade: To build and compete with fellow students to have the winning website design for an actual client.

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