Courses

Courses Taught at WHS

Principles of Business

• This comprehensive introductory business course that provides students the foundation for key business concepts and skills identified by business leaders as the building blocks necessary in today's business environment. This course helps students learn business terminology and provides groundwork into the study of economics, business ownership, management, and marketing. Upon completion of this course, students will be prepared to complete the sequence of studies which includes Business Management, and Personal Finance

Business Law

• This class is designed for students bound for college and those entering the workforce by focusing on contract and tort law and touching upon criminal law. These laws serve as a foundation of business, employment, and personal law. Students are given the opportunity to gain awareness and express themselves on subjects dealing with dealing with legality, jurisprudence, morality, and ethics. Business Law has enormous practical value providing a background for professional exploration and emphasizing the challenges of private life such as finding a job, renting or buying a home, starting a company, or writing a will. Students will be able to apply critical thinking skills regarding legal principles in a variety of situations.

Web Google

• This Google Apps course will empower students to work with the different Apps included in the Google Apps suite for businesses. Students will learn how to effectively set up and use Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Docs. Students will migrate from a traditional email environment to the more collaborative environment offered by Google Apps. Students will learn to upload and use the documents they have already created

CCRA (College and Career Readiness Academy)

• The College and Career Readiness course is a new program designed to help freshman students make an easier and more successful transition from middle school into high school. This course is a technology driven course designed to equip, engage and empower students. This team oriented class provides students with an array of differentiated learning opportunities geared towards seven specific student learning outcomes centrally focused on student success.

Careers

• This course is designed to empower students to become an informed career decision maker and planner. Students will complete and interpret interest and aptitude assessments, conduct research to explore careers and career clusters, gather career outlook and geographical factors, implement computer search techniques for work, understand post-secondary education options and requirements, distinguish the different types of financial aid, and create a résumé. Additional activities may include: career days with outside resource speakers; mock interviews; college presentations by representatives; college fairs; and college application essay writing.

Financial Literacy

• Students enrolled in this course will develop a general understanding, skills and strategies that promote personal and financial responsibility related to income and careers, money management, credit and debt management, financial planning, savings, investing, insurance, risk management, becoming a critical consumer, and charitable giving in the global economy. Students will complete projects, activities, and explore case studies from a variety of media resources enabling them to apply sound financial decisions to their own personal situation. They will gain appreciation for financial responsibility as it affects themselves, their community, country, and future generations. . Students will learn to how to establish financial goals, develop budgets, (spending plans), understand the difference between wealth and income, and ensure that they make responsible decisions that promote financial independence and security. This course is designed to fulfill the NJ State mandate for financial literacy standards for students.

Microsoft Word

• This course addresses the features of Microsoft Word. It will provide students with the basic concepts required to produce common business documents, such as: creating a document, managing files, using the Help function, editing a document, formatting text and using text enhancements, formatting paragraphs, using document layout features, proofing and printing a document, inserting graphic elements, and controlling page appearance. Students will be: using and creating templates and wizards; increase their knowledge of Microsoft Word by adding and formatting components, such as: modifying pictures; creating customized graphic elements.

Microsoft Excel

• This course addresses the various features of Microsoft Excel. The following topics will be covered: navigating within Excel; resizing and formatting a spreadsheet; moving, copying, and editing cells; using borders and colors, applying styles and auto-format options; modifying, arranging, and comparing spreadsheets; applying page setup; using conditional formatting; creating charts and graphs from spreadsheet data; work with graphic objects and diagrams within a spreadsheet; and printing spreadsheets; and creating and applying basic mathematical functions to spreadsheet data.