Freshman Seminar/Financial Literacy

Freshman Seminar/Financial Literacy

Freshman Seminar/Financial Literacy

2016-2017Course Syllabus

Mr. Bunion

Business Education Teacher

RahwayHigh School

Period 2: Room 210Period 8: Room 205

(732) 396-1090 x4538

Course Overview:

The Freshman Seminar course is designed to assist freshman in their transition into high school. This course not only provides students with their financial literacy requirement for graduation, but also focuses on the essential skills to succeed in high school and the work force. The career exploration component of this class allows students to begin thinking about their future and what it will take to properly prepare themselves for that career.

The Financial Literacy component of this course focuses on:

  • Budgeting
  • Financial Planning
  • Banking Services

The final component of this course is the Freshman Outreach Program, also known as PEER. Students meet weekly with their PEER leaders. This program focuses on team building, peer leadership, and interpersonal skills.

Text:

Bingham and Stryker. Career Choices: A Guide for Teens and Young Adults. Academic Innovations, Santa Barbara, California: 2009.

Grading System:

Weighted Grade Components:

Classwork/Homework:50%

Freshman Outreach:20%

Class Participation:30%

**Grading System is subject to change**

Office Hours:

M-F: Period 1—7:15-7:57

Students must have a pass from Mr. Bunion. In addition, students must speak with Mr. Bunion in advance to arrange after school appointments.

Class Expectations

  • All rules established by RahwayHigh School listed in your student handbooks will be strongly enforced. Please refer to your student agenda for details.
  • Respect: yourself, your classmates, and your teacher
  • Be on time for class. The RHS tardy policy will be strictly enforced. Please refer to your student agenda for details.
  • Always be prepared for class (notebook, textbook, workbook, pencil, or any other book or handout that we may be using). Being unprepared will affect your participation grade or classwork grade.
  • All work is to be handed in when it is due. Late work will not be accepted. If absent, you have two (2) school days to hand in missed work. Mr. Bunion will not track you down for missed work, it is your responsibility to find out what you missed and submit it in a timely manner.
  • Remember-Failure is not an option! In everything we do, we do in the Spirit of Excellence!!!

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Mr. Bunion’s Words to Live By…

  • Good, Better, Best, never let it rest, till your Good gets Better and your Better gets BEST!!!
  • Excuses are tools of incompetence, used to build monuments of nothingness, and those who specialize in its uses, seldom achieve anything but excuses! -unknown
  • Failure is not an Option!-Leon Bunion
  • Success is only a decision away!-Leon Bunion
  • The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. -Oliver Wendell
  • All battles are first won or lost in the mind.-Joan of Arc
  • People who succeed reach decisions promptly and change them, if at all, very slowly. People who fail, reach decisions, if at all, very slowly and change them quickly and frequently. -Napoleon Hill
  • Limits begin where vision ends, envision success and give yourself permission to win.
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