Business and Technology Education Department
The goal of the Business and Technology department is to provide students with valuable knowledge and skills requisite for success in these fields. In addition, students are exposed to a wide variety of subjects that enable them to broaden their horizons as well as engage in exciting educational opportunities.
We will be expanding the courses available in both business and technology in the coming years in an effort to meet the changing needs of our student body.
Our new courses for the 2008-2009 school year include:
MULTIMEDIA II: DIGITAL ANIMATION
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
VIDEO PRODUCTION II
C.A.D. (COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN)
COMPUTER DESIGN AND REPAIR
INTRO TO BUSINESS
WORKING IN THE 21st CENTURY
In addition, the Business and Technology department offers a wide variety of course offerings that have proven to be both challenging and worthwhile.
- Multi-media places students in charge of their own projects. Working with software tools that combine graphics, images, digital video, sound, text and animation, students work independently to create a variety of projects and presentations.
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Global Marketing is an academic course for college-bound juniors and seniors. Students learn marketing principles and practices, and gain an understanding of how important marketing is in our free economic system and how it affects our global society.
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Digital Animation is the new name for Desktop Publishing. In this class students use Mac based software to create a myriad of projects ranging from ad campaigns to business cards.
- Personal Finance addresses basic financial skills needed by everyone responsible for their own or a family’s finance.
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Cooperative Education is a supervised part-time work experience, useful for those entering the workforce after high school or college-bound students who want to gain meaningful work experience.
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T.V. Studio is a project based class where students are exposed to the equipment necessary for the creation, direction and production of television programming.
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Video Production affords students the opportunity to familiarize themselves with digital editing software while they work collaboratively to create short films.
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Wood affords students the opportunity to learn valuable and practical woodworking skills
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Home Technology gives students practical knowledge about home repair
Finally, the award-winning Alembic yearbook is produced by students taking a department elective. Overseen by Ms. Bratton, students are responsible for all aspects of writing, designing, producing, budgeting and marketing the annual yearbook for the entire MHS community.
The faculty welcomes questions from interested students or parents. Click on the names of each teacher to visit their web pages.