Course Guide - 2021-22 - Flipbook - Page 11
Business and Information Technology
Course Title
Description
Financial Life Skills
Elective
Semester Course
Grade 8
Financial success…is it in your future? In Financial Life Skills, you will
discover what it takes to become financially literate. You will learn how to
manage your own money using a budget and checkbook and make smart
decisions about banking, credit, investing, taxes, insurance, buying choices,
and much more. Participate in Junior Achievement’s Finance Park program
which culminates in a day-long career/income/budget simulation field trip! You
are never too young to learn the skills that will lead to economic independence.
In today’s ever-changing economy, one thing remains constant: every person
needs a basic understanding of personal financial skills!
Career Pathways
Elective
Semester course
Grade 8
Get ready for your future by exploring occupations that interest you, examining
various aspects of work, and becoming aware of the relationships that exist
between education and career planning. Course units include job applications,
mock job and career exploratory interviews, Junior Achievement's "It's My
Future" program, entrepreneurial field trips, guest speakers from our MFHS
Academies, in-depth use of North's Career Cruising software with a strong
focus on the 16 Career Clusters, employability skills, social media use
appropriate for school and careers, ability, values and personality-type online
assessments, career, education, and job search ethics, character building,
presentation skills and more. It is never too early to discover how to get a job
and prepare for your career!
Mobile Apps
Elective
Semester course
Grade 8
In the first part of the course, students will learn to create entertaining and
socially useful apps for phones and tablets that can be shared with friends and
family. In addition to learning how to program and become better problem
solvers, students will explore the exciting world of computer science from the
perspective of mobile computing and its increasingly important effect on
society.
The second half of the course will be taught using Code.org curriculum with a
focus on data and society. We will explore the importance of data in solving
problems and highlight how computers can help in this process. We will learn
about different systems used to represent information in a computer and the
challenges and trade-offs posed by using them. We will end the semester with
a student-driven project to solve a problem. If you are interested in
programming or computer science, this is the class for you!