Unique classes to pique your interest

Charlotte Gordon

From Personal Finance to Mobile Apps, Carlmont offers a unique variety of elective classes outside of its common core subjects.

Personal Finance

Students are taught how to prepare themselves financially throughout college and beyond. Students learn specific tactics to save money and the importance of pursuing scholarships and grants, as well as the usefulness of 401Ks.

"In high school, financial literacy is not part of the curriculum, so Carlmont offers Personal Finance as an elective course. I cannot think of a more important thing to understand than money," said Carlmont Personal Finance teacher Jacqueline Peters. "We just finished studying what college expenses are and how to afford college, and then we are going to go into investing."

Carlmont senior Natalie Homyk is a student in Personal Finance and has learned valuable knowledge in the class.

"I chose to take Personal Finance because I was worried about going into the world without any financial knowledge, since my parents never talked about it around the dinner table," Homyk said. "We learn about big financial decisions. Right now, we are focusing on college because we are encountering a lot of scholarship deadlines so that is on the forefront of my mind."

Green Tech and Engineering

Students learn about the engineering process; they are given engineering tasks, brainstorm various ideas, make prototypes, and then execute their designs. The class is very hands-on and project-based; there are no tests.

"Students build projects to model devices that will provide a positive aspect on the environment," said Carlmont engineering teacher James Bohac.

Mobile Apps

Students learn how to create applications for phones and tablets using both design and coding.

"All of the first semester, and part of the second semester, students create mobile apps for Android phones or tablets. Then, students get an introduction to Python, so if they go on to other computer science programs classes, they will have that leg up," said Carlmont Mobile Apps teacher Melissa Hero. "We also have guest speakers come in and talk to students about different fields in computer science."