Business & Entrepreneurship Academy

The Business & Entrepreneurship Academy prepares students to understand personal finance, economic systems, marketing, management, and the fundamentals of starting and operating a business. Designed for future entrepreneurs, innovators, or business-minded students, the Academy builds real-world financial literacy and business leadership skills while connecting learning to college, career, and entrepreneurial opportunities.

How Business Academy Students Learn

Courses and Skills

Business Academy courses emphasize budgeting, marketing, economics, management, and ethical decision-making while strengthening collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Students build lifelong financial skills by learning how to earn, save, spend, and invest money responsibly. Topics include banking, budgeting, credit, taxes, insurance, and major financial decisions such as paying for college or purchasing a car. Students apply concepts through real-world scenarios and personal financial planning projects.

This course introduces students to how businesses operate from the inside. Students explore management fundamentals including planning, staffing, decision-making, pricing strategies, and human resources. Emphasis is placed on teamwork, leadership, and practical problem-solving through case studies and applied projects.

Students examine how individuals, businesses, and governments make economic decisions. Topics include supply and demand, economic systems, investing, GDP, inflation, interest rates, and the role of the Federal Reserve. Students analyze real-world economic trends and learn how economic forces impact personal and business financial decisions.

Students learn how products and services are brought to market and connected with consumers. Key topics include branding, advertising, target markets, the 4 P’s of marketing, promotion strategies, and merchandising. Students work collaboratively on marketing campaigns and present projects that apply creative and analytical thinking.

This course explores the legal and ethical responsibilities of running a business. Students study contracts, intellectual property, business ownership structures, employment law, licensing requirements, and ethical decision-making. Real-world scenarios help students analyze legal risks and ethical challenges faced by modern businesses.

Business Entrepreneurship Capstone

In this culminating course, students design and develop a complete mock business. They create a professional business plan including financials, marketing strategies, legal documentation, and operational planning. Students present their plans through a formal presentation and professionally bound business portfolio, demonstrating readiness for college or entrepreneurship.