Financial Literacy

One of the graduation requirements is for all students to complete a Financial Literacy Course.  Sometimes we get a lot of questions about what fulfills this requirement because at WKHS we actually have a wide range of different choices that can fulfill the financial literacy course requirement.

All students grades 9-12 can take:

Economics and Financial Literacy - this class is a Social Studies elective course that will give you a SS elective credit and meet the financial literacy requirement.

Personal Financial Management - this class is a Business elective course that will give students an elective credit and fulfill the financial literacy requirement.

Independent Living - this is one of the new Family & Consumer Science classes I wrote about earlier in the week and it will give you an elective credit and fulfill the financial literacy requirement.

The state has changed the guidelines for students in the class of 2026 and beyond related to financial literacy so the following classes do NOT meet the Financial Literacy requirement for current 9th graders and beyond, but do count for our current sophomores through seniors:

Financial Algebra - this is a year long math class that meets the financial literacy requirements.

IB History SL or HL - Mr. Jordan currently addresses the financial literacy components within both the SL and HL versions of IB history. 

IB Business HL - Mrs. Kucharek currently addresses the financial literacy components in the HL version of the IB Business class.