Attitude is everything!

Northern Trust Field Trip

Students in SHS Business Concepts class were invited to Northern Trust for a Financial Literacy Day!

The students participated in a Financial Football Game and a board room meeting on topics such as Saving for Retirement and the time value of money, investing in stocks, and bonds, best practices for interview skills and a panel discussion on careers in finance and banking.

Also Happy Holidays from Business Concepts!!!!!

Business Students Give Thanks!

"There is always something to be thankful for"

The theme of the week is giving thanks for what we have because there is always something to be thankful for. Especially during this season of holidays and togetherness, it is important to appreciate all that we have.

Students decorated a poster outside the classroom of "hand turkeys" and wrote what they are thankful for.

Most of us are thankful for friends and family and in my opinion those relationships are the most important of all! Not one person wrote about any material possessions!

Some things to be thankful for included

"Thankful to live in the USA"

"Happiness"

"My health"

Students also decorated Thanksgiving Placemats that were donated to Inspirica in Stamford, the largest service to the homeless in lower Fairfield County. For more ways to help please go to their website: http://inspiricact.org/about-inspirica/

Members of Business Concepts Class took part in “Shark Tank Day” on November 13^th where they presented their business ideas to a panel of Sharks which included teacher and entrepreneur Wendy Wade, guidance counselor Anna Murray, Marketing/DECA teacher and Department Head of the Unified Arts Department, Howard Levy, Marketing Director of Schimenti Construction, Lauren van Rensburg, and Storage Technical Solution Specialist of Microsoft, Rob Griffin. The Sharks provided feedback and insight on the business ideas, and an “offer” was made!

 

Students created a business idea/product to pitch their idea to a "Shark Tank" similar to the concept of the popular television show "Shark Tank". The students researched the start up costs of a business, marketing and managing plans, profit and sales revenue analysis and more!

 

Students of C.A.S.A.D.E with their Shark who offered them $200,000 for a 33% stake in their company!

 

 

Students presenting their product to the panel of "Sharks"

 

Sharks discussing the business ideas and providing feedback to student's ideas!

 

 

 

Personal Finance Week of November 10-November 14

What is ahead! Current Objectives:
 

Evaluate savings and investment options to meet short- and long-term goals.

Differentiate between saving and investing.

Distinguish between simple and compound interest.

Identify the risk/return trade-offs for saving and investing.

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of various savings and investing plans.
Explain how and why the stock market works.

Explain the role of saving and investing in creating a financial plan.

Calculate and apply the Rule of 72.

Contrast the impact of simple interest vs. compound interest on savings.

Career Pathways Week of November 10-November 14

OBJECTIVES


Understand the relationship between education, training, and the world of work. (Higher educational attainment, higher income (on average))
Explore life/career options and alternatives.
Complete and utilize career assessments.
Acquire job-seeking skills such as writing a resume, completing a job application, and interviewing.
Understand how life roles, personal beliefs and attitudes affect career decision-making.
Connect decisions about course selections, next-step planning, and career transitions in terms of future goals and CTE pathways.

Identify post-secondary options consistent with interests, achievement, aptitude, and abilities
Evaluate academic achievement in terms of life/career plans.

Business Class Food Drive

Business Classes in Room 266 are holding a FOOD DRIVE from November 10-21st.

Please bring any canned/non-perishable food to the Collection Boxes in Room 266 or the Main Office.

Donations go to the Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County.

What jobs are available in each Career Cluster?

http://www.onetonline.org/find/career

Research the many different jobs and occupations available for each of the 16 Career Clusters!

Career Pathways

Aptitude
http://www.whatcareerisrightforme.com/career-aptitude-test.php

Personality Style

http://www.assessment.com/Students-Graduates.asp

Trick or Treat for UNICEF-Social Responsibility

Please click the link below to view our Business Classes (Personal Finance, Business Concepts, Career Pathways, Consumer Math) fundraiser for Trick or Treat for UNICEF

https://www.crowdrise.com/MissTartagliasBusinessClasses

Our goal is to raise $100 this Halloween! Please share!



***********************UPDATE********************************************

We raised $25 dollars this Halloween for UNICEF!!!!

Career Cluster Interest Survey!!!

Career Cluster Interest Survey

 "Career clusters help you find your way to over 500 career and 60 industry descriptions"

Where do you start when choosing a career? With the number of career choices out there, taking a Career Interest Survey will give you matching careers based on your skills and interests!

Career Pathways and Success Skill students will be taking the Career Cluster Interest Survey in the next week to start thinking about what opportunities are available to them in different industries! After taking the survey, we will be able to set career paths and determine the action steps we need to set SMART goals for our future!

Pink Out!!! October 17, 2014

Stamford High School participated in the 2nd Annual Pink Out to raise awareness for Breast Cancer during the month of October.

 

 

 

Open House Contact Info

Alana Tartaglia
Business Teacher
Stamford High School

Atartaglia@stamfordct.gov
misstartaglia@gmail.com
misstartaglia.blogspot.com
@mstartaglia

 

The Stamford High School D.R.E.A.M. Program

Award Ceremony

October 15, 2014

 

Students were nominated by their teachers and administrators for:

Demonstrating Determination, Respect, Excellence, Accepting Responsibility, Making Good Choices

 

 

 

 

 

Business Concepts Stock Market Game Link

<a href="http://www.howthemarketworks.com/stock-market-game/join-a-contest.php?cid=54313">Join my free Stock Market Contest!</a>

What's ahead

What a great couple weeks of school!

Are there any activities that you really enjoyed? I am really looking forward to Business Concepts students performing their skits on their Economic System!

What's ahead:

Sunday, October 5, MarcUS for Change 5k run! Please return your permission slips!

Consumer Math: Calculating NET PAY...Deductions from Gross Pay. Federal Taxes. State and Local Taxes. Employee Benefits and Job Expenses. Take-Home Pay.
Personal Finance: What's included in compensation? What responsibilities do employers, employees and government have towards each other?

Business Concepts: What is a company? Forms of organizations, investments. Get ready to sell shares of our class's company!

Career Pathways: Changing trends in the World of Work. How have advances in technology changed what work is available and the way in which we do it? What should we do to keep up with the changes?


I was reflecting about the first couple of weeks and I am really happy with our classroom routines and procedures.

Quick reminder about our procedures when we enter class:

Upon entering class, we should all be logging on to the computers and using business news websites to locate an article related to business news.

Reminder about turning in notes/assignments/classwork

Please turn in any work/notes into the bin at the end of your row

Thank you!

Percentages and Basketball

What a great time we had in Consumer Math! During our unit on calculating pay, salary, and commissions, we are working with percentages. We now applied our knowledge of percentages to the sport of basketball!

We went to the gym today and shot Field Goals and tomorrow we are going to be calculating our FG%!

Hispanic Heritage Month

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) our classes have discussed Famous Hispanic Americans and their contributions and accomplishments.

Some highlights included athlete Roberto Clemente, actor Desi Arnaz and astronaut Ellen Ochoa.

Have a great weekend!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Personal Finance week in review: This week we started discussing Work Forms and Laws to protect workers such as Child Labor Laws, Age Discrimination Act and the Equal Pay act! We even filled out a W-4 form (Form we fill out so our employer knows how much tax to take our per paycheck) and answers questions about a W-2 form (the wage and tax form)

Consumer Math students learned how to calculate overtime pay and why it is so important when analyzing our paychecks!

Career Pathways students evaluated their interests and skills and how it is important to identify them when choosing a career!

Business Concepts and Careers students faced economic scarcity when there was a limited amount of popcorn for the class and unlimited wants!

I also ran 3.2 miles in 33 minutes during the week so I am getting closer to my goal of 30 minutes! I also went to the SHS football game and saw some students play and cheer!

Enjoy your weekend!

Career Pathways Notes

Hey all!

Just wanted to share a couple of links to videos on skills! Remember skills are things you know how to do or things you are good at! What are some of your skills?

Interests are things you like! Please check the link for more information on how interests can help you find the right career for you!

It is important to evaluate our skills and interests so we can make good choices about the what kind of careers we will have in the future!

For example I am interested in education, and community and I am good at multitasking and organization. These interests and skills match my career as a teacher! Try to think of your interests and skills and how they may shape your career path!

First week of school!

What a great and exciting first week back!!!

I am so happy with the start of the new year and setting goals such as the MarcUS for Change 5K Run/Walk that my students will be participating in! Remember after the walk I am taking everyone out to lunch!!  MarcUS for Change Info!  SUNDAY OCTOBER 5 at 9:30 a.m.

Consumer Math started calculating gross pay and overtime pay and we even have timecards to see if any of us will earn overtime this week!

Personal Finance is starting the first step in Financial Success which is Financial Decision making!

Career Pathway and Success Skills are identifying some skills and attributes that will effect future employment.

Business Concepts and Careers distinguished between needs and wants when it comes to making economic decisions!

Have a nice weekend everyone! I will be running a 5k this weekend and hopefully seeing a new band!

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”

– Benjamin Franklin

First Day of School

What a great first day!!!

Today was such a fun day for me! I was introduced to my classes and we participated in a communication skill building game as well as played "Random Questions." I learned that my students would rather go a year without TV over a year of junk food, and that most of my students will cut people in line!

Remember NO CELL PHONES!

So excited for tomorrow!!

Miss Tartaglia's Blog

Hello and welcome to my blog! Here you will find helpful information about your business courses here at Stamford High School! 

 

This is my 2nd year teaching at Stamford High School working in the Business department. I have my Master's degree in Education and my Bachelor's degree in Economics. Before I became a teacher I worked in corporate environments for companies such as Sobe, Pepsi, and as a recruiter for Monroe Staffing Services.

 

I am from Monroe CT and graduated from Masuk High School where I also did my student teaching! 

 

I am so excited to work with students this year to set and achieve career and college goals!