Coronado’s Business Department offers many clubs, classes, and programs that focus on valuable lessons in money management, computer sciences, and other skills useful in future opportunities. Ms. Brandt is the chair of the department and works alongside Mr. Gryboski, Mr. Philipsen, and Mr. Yeh to manage the many classes offered.

Mr. Gryboski teaches Personal Finance, Business Law, Accounting, and Game Programming. He also supervises the Entrepreneurship Club, which gives members an opportunity to learn what it’s like to be in an important position in the business world and allows them to experience responsibility and management. Mr. Gryboski said that “The business department encompasses job ready skills and trying to get students ready for the workplace as well as continuing education. We primarily focus on practical skills… like in my personal finance class, when you start saving money, what type of investments are a good option as you get older.”

• Game Programming
• Computer Applications
• Personal Finance
• Honors Accounting
• Business Law

Mrs. Brandt teaches website design, computer applications, and business and marketing. She also runs Coronado’s FBLA ( Future Business Leaders of America) to promote ambition and self-made success in the world of business. She says that “in these classes, we focus on getting students ready for their career and what they’re going to see in college. In computer application, I focus on resume writing and career searches and budgeting and how to put those together to do what you need to do outside of high school. In marketing I teach you how to prepare yourself to market any business.”

• Computer Applications
• Marketing
• Web Design
• PLA and Computer Applications

On the tech side of the Business Department, we have Mr. Philipsen who runs KUGR TV, and Mr. Yeh, who runs the AP computer sciences, which is a class you can take after taking intro to computer science. Intro to computer science can bring you to two different classes depending on career preference. You have a choice between game programing and AP computer science which can both lead to various career and college opportunities.

• Video Production
• KUGR TV
• Intro to Computer Science
• AP Computer Science Principles

The business department has lots to offer in clubs and classes so make sure to check it out and consider it for future credits and opportunities.