Business Management

Location: Bellevue High School, Newport High School, Sammamish High School

Students will be introduced to one of the fastest-growing professions in the United States, which includes a formal system of financial-record management for proprietorships and partnerships. Students will also study accounting vocabulary, the relationship between accounting and business, and the accounting cycle for service businesses organized as a proprietorship. QuickBooks accounting software will be used to enter transactions and create financial reports. A business simulation is used at the end of the semester to aid students in synthesizing and applying their learning. 

Location: Bellevue High School, Newport High School, Sammamish High School

In Accounting 2, students will gain experience dealing with specialized accounting applications: special journals, petty cash system, taxes, depreciation, managerial decisions, and interest. Corporate accounting will be introduced. Students will use QuickBooks to complete many accounting problems. They will manually calculate a payroll problem and utilize a computer program to verify the result. Computerized business simulations are used to provide practical experience in handling retail business records.  

Location: Bellevue High School, Newport High School

This course will provide the student with more experience in dealing with advanced problems and procedures in accounting, extensively utilizing the computer. The student will extend the skills learned in Accounting 1 and 2, then continue to gain experience in partnership and departmentalized accounting. A problem-solving approach will be used for unique applications. Intensive investigation of career opportunities will be offered. Automated business simulations will be used to provide practical experience handling corporate records. If time allows, students can take the Microsoft Excel Core and Expert exam. 

Location: Bellevue High School, Newport High School

The principal focus for this course will be on corporate accounting, cost accounting, accounting for uncollectible accounts, depreciation, prepaid and accrued items, budgetary planning and control, and automated accounting applications. Students will analyze and prepare financial statements as a resource for management decisions. If time allows, students can take the Microsoft Excel Core and Expert exam.  

Location: Bellevue High School, Newport High School, Sammamish High School

This course is for anyone who is considering owning and operating their own business. Owning your own business can be risky but also very rewarding. This course will include all aspects of beginning a business - funding, operating, managing and marketing. Entrepreneurship is project-based with students producing a viable and executable business plan. If you want to live the American dream - and be your own boss - Entrepreneurship is for you. 

Location: Bellevue High School, Interlake High School, Newport High School, Sammamish High School

This class teaches students to manage their personal finances in the context of current economic conditions. Students will increase their financial and economic literacy while learning about vital topics such as preparing for the job market, the economy, taxes and tax forms, consumer rights and responsibilities, budgeting, banking, insurance, credit and credit cards, and investing. This class will help prepare students for financial decisions in college and beyond. 

Location: Bellevue High School, Interlake High School, Newport High School, Sammamish High School

Students will study the laws of supply and demand and why people and societies make economic choices. Students will examine macroeconomic and microeconomic principles to understand the fundamentals of the American and global economic systems. Students will examine components of the American economy such as price, competition, business and banking institutions. The course will also examine issues related to the economy such as employment and labor issues, the role of the government in the economy and selected topics on global economics. 

Location: Bellevue High School, Newport High School

Students will build on their basic understanding of economic principles by investigating crucial social issues that are the basis of both microeconomics and macroeconomics. This will involve developing an understanding of the economic choices made by individual households and firms as they seek to maximize their wellbeing. It will also entail assessing the measurement of the performance of the American economy, evaluating potential policy tools such as taxes, government spending and interest rates, and understanding the role of the US in the global economy.

Location: Bellevue High School, Newport High School, Sammamish High School

Business Law is geared toward learning to live in our legal environment. This course will also benefit students considering careers in business, law, or management. Topics included in this class: legal liability, rights, the judicial system, careers in law, contracts, warranties, consumer protection, landlord-tenant relations, personal injuries, and criminal procedure. Students may have the opportunity to participate in a mock trial competition. 

Location: Interlake High School

This business and management course aims to help students understand the implications of business activity in a global market. Students gain an international perspective of business and appreciation of cultural diversity through topics like business organization and environments, accounts and finance, international marketing, human resources management, growth and operations management. The course encourages the appreciation of ethical concerns and issues of social responsibility in the global business environment. Students will have the option to take the IB Assessments. 

Location: Interlake High School
This advanced business and management class allows for student to gain depth of knowledge in business skills. Students will study business organization and environments, accounts and finance, human resources, business operations, marketing and business strategy. Advanced students will also benefit from management and leadership training as well as a primary research based project. Students may take the IB HL Level Assessment.