week of Nov 14

Students have studied money and banking and begun a unit on organizational structures (like proprietorships, partnerships, corporations).  We will begin an extensive unit on accounting vocabulary and concepts this week.

week of Nov 1

Accounting and finance students have just finished an eight month checkbook simulation.  They should be able to write checks, keep up with a register, and reconcile their checkbooks with a high degree of accuracy.  We will continue this week talking about the role of money and completing the EverFi unit on banking.  Organizational structures will be discussed at the end of the week.

Have a safe, long weekend.

Week of Oct 17

Accounting and Finance students have finished up a unit on investing and the stock market.  We started the Everfi financial literacy program and played a simulated game about the stock market.  We will begin a unit on money this week and start a checkbook simulation that will take a couple weeks to finish.  Students will have a thorough understanding of how to write checks, maintain a checkbook register, prepare a bank reconciliation, and make deposits.

Week of Sept. 19

Accounting and finance students will finish discussions about ethical decision making by presenting a possible solution to an ethical dilemna following a model for decision making.  We will spend a couple days watching Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room to try and understand how poor ethical decision making in a company can have devastating effects. Students will complete an open response about the video.

Week of Sept 12

Students have finished creating a resume and cover letter for a potential job that interests them.  We will discuss interviews and thank you notes before entering a unit on ethical decision making.  We will view a video that shows how the huge corporation Enron collapsed due to unethical decision making by the administration. 

Week of September 6

We have discussed accounting careers and the importance of resumes and letters of applications.  The powerpoint presentations went very nicely.  This week students will create a resume and write a letter of application about a position in which they have interest.  We will end the week discussing thank you notes and the interview process.

Week of August 29

This week we will be exploring accounting careers. Students will research a particular accounting career and present their findings in a powerpoint presentation.  This will be partially graded on content and partially graded on delivery...clear voices, eye contact, etc. Toward the end of the week we will begin discussing and creating resumes/cover letters.

Week of August 22

We have practiced the PRT=I (principal x rate x time = interest) formula and will continue discussing the costs of borrowing money, and how to figure discounts and taxes on merchandise.  The end of the week will begin a unit on careers and potential careers in accounting/business.

Week of August 15

Our small class if off to a good start!  With so few students, we can have a more personal classroom atmosphere and I am glad to help your student with tasks in other classes as our time allows. 

This week will continue some basic math review and continue with unit pricing and the importance of mentally figuring our costs before we pay so we can know what amount to expect.  We will also discuss promissory notes (loans) and how the interest adds to the principal.

Week of August 8

Welcome to Foundations of Accounting and Finance.  This week will be reviewing basic math skills that need to be easily computed without a calculator.  Hopefully we will learn some shortcuts to help us use our brains instead of relying on calculators. 

Grades this week will consist of basic math review sheets.

Supply List

Accounting & Finance students need to have a pencil/pen daily and a calculator (used often).  A pencil pouch to place in your binder (binders are provided for you) would be a good place to store writing utensils and calculators so you will have them for daily use.