Honors+Accounting


 * ORANGE HIGH SCHOOL **

**500 ORANGE HIGH SCHOOL ROAD, HILLSBOROUGH **

**NORTH CAROLINA 27278 **


 * Teacher: Mr. Greg Motley **
 * Course: Honors Accounting I **
 * Room: 122 Telephone No. W 732-6133 ext. 20602 **
 * E-mail address: greg.motley@ohs.orange.k12.nc.us **


 * Course Description. **

Honors Accounting I is designed to help students understand the basic principles of the accounting cycle. Emphasis is placed on analyzing and recording business transactions, preparation, and interpretation of financial statements, accounting systems, banking and payroll activities, basic types of business ownership, and an accounting career orientation. Mathematics and critical thinking are reinforced. Work based learning strategies appropriate to this course are school-based enterprises, internships, cooperative education and youth apprenticeship. Simulations, projects, teamwork and FBLA leadership activities, meetings, conferences and competitions provide opportunities for application of instructional competencies. Keyboarding skill—defined as a minimum of 35 words per minute with errors corrected; format from rough draft copy an announcement, memorandum, personal business letter and unbound report; and exhibit proper keyboarding techniques—is prerequisite.


 * Grading Policies. **The VOCATS (Vocational Competency Achievement Tracking System) This test is a state mandated test and each student enrolled in the class must take the test. The test counts as 20% of the students total grade for the class.

The grade for each quarter is based on the assignments that the students are required to complete during the quarter, in addition to test assigned by the teacher. Students are given ample time to complete all assignments during the class period. However, if a student needs additional time to complete an assignment, they may come in before or after school to do so.

Following you will find a break down of how your grade will be calculated for the 9 weeks.

Class Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20% Tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 50% Projects and Papers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30%

<span style="color: #042a55; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We have a student organization, **FBLA** that we encourage students to participate in. Our goal is the get 100 % of our students involved with this club. Please encourage our child to participate. <span style="color: #042a55; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Students have to participate in one of the CTE clubs to qualify for **National Technical Honors Society**. Please encourage our child to participate.


 * <span style="color: #042a55; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Supplies **<span style="color: #042a55; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. Each student will need a 3 ring binder, a flash drive, pencil, and pen each day for class. We also encourage each student to purchase a calculator for this class.

**<span style="color: #042a55; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Thanks and I look forward to working with you and your child throughout the semester. **