Finance

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Finance

• Course Overview
• School Rules
• Student Input

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Course Overview

• Planning Personal Finances
• Managing Personal Finances
• Making Purchasing Decisions
• Insuring Resources
• Investing Resources
• Controlling Your Financial Future

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Planning Personal Finances

• Your Personal Financial Plan
• Basic Economic Principles
• Personal Career Strategies
• Money Management Strategies
• Planning Your Tax Strategy

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Managing Your Personal Finances

• Banking Services of Financial Institutions
• Introduction to Consumer Credit
• Choosing Sources of Consumer Credit
• Credit Problems

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Making Purchasing Decisions

• Legal Aspects of Protecting Your Wealth
• Consumer Purchasing Strategies
• Costs of Transportation
• Operating a Vehicle
• Buying or Leasing a Vehicle
• The Finances of Housing

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Insuring Your Resources

• Personal Risk and Insurance
• Home and Auto Insurance
• Health and Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance

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Investing Your Resources

• Fundamentals of Investing
• Investing in Stocks
• Investing in Bonds
• Investing in Mutual Funds

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Controlling Your Financial Future

• Retirement Planning
• Deception in the Marketplace
• Business and Investment Fraud
• Consumer Fraud
• Your Commitment to Your Financial Plan

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School Rules

• Attendance
• Students are to be in their Assigned Seats when
  the bell rings
• Tardies
• Students will need a yellow pass from a teacher
  or a tardy pass (white or orange) from the office
• Three (3) unexcused tardies will result in a
  student referral form sent to the students
  academy principal.

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School Rules

• Passes to Leave Class
• Students will ask permission and the teacher will
  complete a yellow hall pass
• Please note
• It is the teachers decision to permit a student
  to leave classthis is a class not study hall
• A NO answer is not open to discussion. NO
  means NO.

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School Rules

• Outdoor Apparel is not permitted in the
  classrooms
• Do not bring coats to class
• Put them in your locker before class
• No hats or hoods are to be worn
• A student referral will be written and sent to
  the students academy principal

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School Rules

• Electronics and Computer Use
• No cell phones or I-Pods are to be used during
  class
• Except when given permission to use the
  calculator
• Computers will be used for class activities as
  instructed
• No Games, Videos, etc. unless it is part of the
  class assignment

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Contact Information

• Ms. Abbonizio
• Room A108
• Classroom phone [phone]
• E-mail abbonizios_at_plainlocal.org
• Assignments and reference materials will be
  posted in folders on my teacher web page.