Business & Entrepreneurial Academy

bealogoImagine your future. Do you see yourself . . .

  • Event planning and organizing corporate activities?
  • Taking risks on the floor of the Stock Exchange?
  • Working in sales and interacting with customers?
  • Designing a national advertisement campaign for Nike?
  • Becoming a Certified Public Accountant?
  • Becoming a financial planner?
  • Managing the career of a top athlete or recording artist?
  • Working in the fashion merchandising industry?
  • Becoming a recreation director or an athletic director?
  • Owning your own business?

Every business today is directly or indirectly an international business.  In the competitive 21st Century marketplace, the nature of business is competition; the versatility of a business background will make any student more marketable.  Taking courses along the business pathway will provide a foundation of critical thinking, economic and consumer understanding, and, just as importantly, employability skills. Students will be equipped with the skills to critically analyze business opportunities, utilize technological solutions and create businesses that provide the goods and services for our ever-changing world.

Mission Statement: 
The Weymouth High School Business and Entrepreneurial Academy will build on the core 21st-century skills by fostering communication, collaboration, and critical thinking.  With real-life activities and experiences in finance, marketing, technology, and economics, students will gain an understanding of business operations, will explore the advantages and challenges of entrepreneurship, and will be prepared for future academic, business, and professional endeavors.  
 
Career exploration available in this academy:
Accounting/Finance
Marketing
Sports Management
 
Business and Entrepreneurship Academy Requirements 
Career Pathway electives 3 credits
Business Capstone 1 credit
Total Credits upon completion of Academy 4 credits
 

Business Academy

Required Credit (1.0)

(Ideally taken Junior Year)

2 Additional Credits Needed For Certificate from the recommended courses below

  Primary RecommendationsSecondary Recommendations

Accounting/Finance

  • College Accounting 1      
  • Advanced Accounting 2
  • Business Principles
  • Principles of Economics
  • Public Speaking
  • Adv. Computer Apps

Marketing and Business Principles

  • Business Principles
  • Marketing/DECA 
  • Marketing II
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Graphic Design
  • Adv. Web Design
  • Public Speaking
  • Semantics
  • Communications & Broadcasting

Sports Management

  • Business Principles
  • Sports & Entertainment Marketing/ Management 
  • Adv. Computer Apps
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Communications & Broadcasting
  • Science of Sports
  • Public Speaking
  • Statistics
  • Sports Statistics
Suggested Extracurricular activities: DECA, WCAT, Team Manager for any sports team, Yearbook