HUNTERDON CENTRAL REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

BUSINESS EDUCATION
Curricular Highlights
The Exploring Careers & College Options classes hosted the following guest speakers:
• Jennifer Horton, Lincoln Technical Institute: (Options for the Future)
• Helene Heintzelman, The Art Institute: (Options in the Arts - It’s not just drawing)
• Karen Halliburton, DeVry University (Careers Inc.): Each student received a PDA to interact with the
presentation and get a glimpse of their future. Careers Inc. emphasizes post-secondary education and
challenges students to turn their passion into their career path by thinking about where their strengths
and interests lie. The workshop provided opportunities for collaboration and competition among
students as they learn how their passions, personalities and skills can lead to rewarding careers in almost
any industry.
Students in the Exploring Careers & College Options participated in individual mock interviews in order to give
each student a better understanding of the interview process. Interviews were conducted by: Thomas Elliott,
(New Jersey Department of Labor), Michele Coneys, Robert DeVoto and Sage Grumbach (Sage Marketing
LLC)
Criminal Law: was visited by several guest speakers this year including a police officer, lawyer/county
prosecutor and judge.
Advanced Web: was visited by a web designer (freelance) and technician, and a corporate web designer to
discuss careers in available using web design skills.
Essentials utilized in-house members Tim Klein and Debi Macdonald as a resource for tech-development
topics.
Curriculum was written for the new Personal Finance course, the Board of Education approved course to meet
the new graduation requirement. The course was designed to meet all of the standards of the State mandate. At
the conclusion of the initial year, refinements will be made based on student feedback and achievement.
Students in the Leadership & Philanthropy raised $1,800 for IHN and $600 for SAFE in Hunterdon.
A parent that was having difficulty extracting the information they wanted from a spreadsheet appreciated that
her son showed her how to filter for the desired information. The parent said that had saved her so many hours
of work and her son said he learned how to do that in Computer Applications.
Another parent shared that her child used some of the leadership strategies from the Peer Leadership class with
her sports team.
Introduction to HTML & Web Design students learn the basics of web design. They create websites using
HTML coding and Microsoft FrontPage. Students create a final project which is a website all about them and
publish it (in a safe manner) to the World Wide Web for friends and family to view! Students show a great deal
of excitement over getting to show their hard work on this project to their friends and family.
Digital Multimedia Design students learn how to create a variety of multimedia, such as flyers and newsletters.
They also learn image editing using PhotoShop, podcasting, and creating and editing videos.
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