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2025-2026 Course Offerings

Business Education

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Phil Ferrante

pferrante@crschools.us

Maddison LeClere

maleclere@crschools.us

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Entrepreneurship (9-12)

  • Introduces basic business principles
    • Economics
    • Marketing
    • Sales
    • Advertising
  • Evaluate different types of business ownerships
    • Sole-Proprietorships
    • Partnerships
    • Franchises
  • Develop a business
    • Business plan and presentation
    • “Shark Tank”

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Money Management (9-12)

  • Career Exploration
    • Pathways, Education, Certification
  • Employee Earnings and Benefits
  • Saving and Budgeting
    • Establishing saving plans
    • Budgeting Needs vs. Wants
    • Responsible spending and saving habits
  • Banking
    • Checking and online banking
  • Income Taxes
    • Filing a tax return

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Personal Finance (9-12)

  • Saving and Investing
    • Short-term and long-term
  • Stock Market
    • $10,000 stock competition
  • Credit
    • Cost of borrowing and financing
    • Credit cards
  • Insurance
    • Basics of auto, home, and renter’s
  • Vehicles and Housing
    • New vs. Used
    • Mortgage vs. Rent

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Sales and Marketing (9-12)

  • Focuses on areas of study including: market planning, selling, promotion, distribution, pricing, marketing research and brand development. Activities include:
    • Marketing campaign using the Marketing Mix
    • Examining successful social media marketing campaigns
    • Stages and examples of the product life cycle
    • Role-based sales strategies and situations

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Business Fundamentals (9-12)

  • Overview/Intro to several business fields and studies
  • Economics
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Product/Business Development
  • Accounting with Monopoly
  • Finance
  • Human Resources
  • Geared as an introduction to business for underclassmen

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Accounting I and II (10-12)

  • Analyze business transactions and make simple financial statements for service businesses, merchandising businesses, and corporations
  • Analyzing business operations and financial concepts
  • Applying accounting concepts to “Monopoly”
  • Applying accounting concepts to online simulations of hotel and merchandise businesses
  • Year-long course is the equivalent to an introductory accounting semester-course at a college or university

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Real Estate Marketing (10-12)

  • Learn the basics of real estate sales and marketing
  • Working with local real estate agents in conjunction with the Student Built House
  • Real-life real estate marketing and sales concepts and skills
  • Design and implement a marketing plan for the Student Built House

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Sports and Entertainment Marketing (10-12)

  • Evaluate marketing strategies used by successful sports marketing firms
  • Investigate Internet marketing
  • Engage in simulation software as the owner of a professional football team
  • Examine economic factors that lead to franchise expansion and relocation
  • Explore advertising and promotion
  • Examine legal and ethical issues in the college and professional sports world.

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*KCC: Intro to Business (11-12)

  • Overview of the study of business
  • Business Ownership and Entrepreneurship
  • Management
  • Human Resources
  • Marketing
  • Finance
  • Accounting
  • Kirkwood Credits

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*KCC: Personal Finance (11-12)

  • Saving and Investing
    • Short-term and long-term
  • Career Research and Planning
  • Budgeting
  • Credit
    • Cost of borrowing and financing
    • Insurance
    • Basics of auto, home, and renter’s
  • Vehicles and Housing
    • New vs. Used
    • Mortgage vs. Rent
  • Kirkwood Credits

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