Business Math

**ELIGIBLE FOR OPTIONAL COLLEGE CREDIT AT ECC** More info in Nov.

Mrs. Dorigo Periods 5 & 6 Co-Taught: Mrs Dorigo & Mrs. Constantino Periods 2 & 9

Business Math is a full year course designed to provide students with an excellent learning situation for practical day-to-day mathematical applications related to consumerism. Topics will include: payroll, basic tax information, investments and interest, credit, loans and banking, purchases and sales, insurance, probability, depreciation, financial statement analysis, and currency exchange rates. Additionally, the course will address the impact of technology on consumers and provide students with a basic knowledge of spreadsheet software, formula creation and the use of other software applications such as tables and graphs. Google Classroom & Meet as well as some other familiar technology tools and activities will be used for and during our course.

The course will build a solid foundation in the understanding of one’s own personal finances, as well as advanced study in Business. The course is also an excellent stepping-stone into accounting courses. If you are a Junior OR Senior you may want to consider signing up for our Work Study class where you earn 1 ½ credits to work at your part-time job throughout the year.

DAILY ATTENDANCE IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE LEARNING PROCESS! Each student is an important member of the class and is expected to be in class, daily, on time and prepared to participate on GOOGLE MEET and in GOOGLE CLASSROOM – please stay on task during instruction!! We are in this together, please be mindful of our expectations!!

Students are encouraged to seek additional help when necessary and must take responsibility to arrange for it. When absent, students are expected to inquire about missed work and arrange with us to make it up. That is what Wednesdays are for too! Students and parents are urged to contact us if any questions and/or concerns should arise. See Contact Tab.

ACCOUNTING I

**ELIGIBLE FOR OPTIONAL COLLEGE CREDIT AT ECC** More info in Nov.

Accounting I is a full year course designed to provide students with an understanding of double-entry accounting and to assist students in the understanding of accounting principles and procedures. The course covers the accounting cycles for both a service business organized as a sole proprietorship and a merchandising business. Additionally, the course will address the impact of technology on the field of accounting and begin to provide students with knowledge surrounding automated accounting software. Basic tax information, investments and banking will also be explored. The course will build a solid foundation in accounting fundamentals in order for students to become analysts of accounting related information, decision makers and problem solvers, not merely recorders of financial information. At the completion of this course, students will be well qualified to accept any position that might involve journalizing and posting in special journals and ledgers. We will be using Google Classroom/Meet as well as Google Sheets regularly. We will be using some other familiar technology tools and activities as well during our course. Please be patient as we navigate this year together.

Note: you may want to consider doing an internship in your chosen business field – or any filed that interests you! -OR- participate in our Work Study course (if you have a job) for school credit in your Senior Year! Ask me for info!

DAILY ATTENDANCE IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE LEARNING PROCESS! Each student is an important member of the class and is expected to be in class, daily, on time and prepared to participate on GOOGLE MEET and in GOOGLE CLASSROOM – please stay on task during instruction!! We are in this together, please be mindful of our expectations!!

Students are encouraged to seek additional help when necessary and must take responsibility to arrange for it. When absent, students are expected to inquire about missed work and arrange with us to make it up. That is what Wednesdays are for too! Students and parents are urged to contact us if any questions and/or concerns should arise. See Contact Tab.

SP BUSINESS – Keyboarding & Computer Program Basics

A half year course designed to provide students with introductory experiences on the keyboard, Word/Docs, Excel/Sheets, Power Point/Slides and the Internet. This course will help students further develop and enhance their overall computer skills. Students will be able to transfer the skills learned in this course to future educational environments and in their personal lives and employment. **My goal is for all students to have fun while improving their skills!!**

Students will demonstrate the skills learned by correctly formatting and producing many different types of documents. Students will work with such things as tables, tabs, columns and other useful word processing skills, as well as clip art, draw tools, graphs and presentations. We will utilize Google Classroom to participate in our instruction this semester and celebrate our computer successes during the course.

ATTENDANCE: Each student is an important member of the class and is expected to be in class/Google Meets regularly and prepared to participate. It is your responsibility to check Google Classroom and for any work and due dates you may have missed. Missing assignments may result in a lower grade. Please always ask during our live sessions for help or to clear up any confusion.

When absent, students are expected to inquire about missed work and arrange with me to make it up. Students and parents are urged to contact me if any questions and/or concerns should arise. See Contact Tab.