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Family & Consumer Sciences

The goals of the Family and Consumer Sciences coursework include helping students discover and learn relevant, practical skills; establish healthy living choices for themselves and their families; acquire knowledge of prenatal care and developmental growth; learn basics of parenting skills, consumer education, and the preparation of nutritious foods;  and become wiser consumers in the future.

Course Descriptions

Skills for Living:  Grade 7
A course designed to introduce students to basic health issues and living skills.  Students learn home skills such as sewing and study healthy choices related to substance use.

Skills for Living: Grade 8
Student study nutritious snacks and learn to prepare a balanced breakfast, lunch and dinner.  The consumer education unit focuses on teen shopping trends and making wise choices as a consumer.

Foods:  Grades 9-10
Emphasis is baking and cooking techniques of quick breads, yeast breads, pasta and rice, fruits and vegetables, dairy, eggs and proteins.  Meal preparation ties all of the various food preparation techniques together.

Ethnic/Gourmet Foods: Grades 11-12
Emphasis is on two distinct areas: food presentation; and exploring and preparing ethnic and regional foods from different areas of the USA and the world.

Parenting Skills:  Grades 11-12
Students study pregnancy, prenatal, infant, toddler and preschool developmental stages.  Specialty topics such as how children learn, discipline, illnesses, SIDS, and other topics.

 

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