This course, one of three National Academy Foundation programs, focuses on financial services and other careers that involve computer applications to create business documents. Areas of study include accounting, financial planning, banking and credit, investments in stocks, bonds and mutual funds and marketing school store products and yearbook.

Students can earn Microsoft certification in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. They also operate The Hawk’s Nest, the school store, using QuickBooks to select merchandise, create purchase orders, maintain inventory, process sales and generate reports.

As part of the yearbook business management team, students sell ads to local businesses and sell yearbooks. They also compete in the NJ SkillsUSA contests for technical computer applications and community service.

Course software used for business applications are Microsoft Word and Publisher, Excel, Access, Power Point, Quicken and QuickBooks.