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Family and Consumer Science
Elective Courses

 

ABOUT FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE COURSES:

  • FACS empowers individuals and families across their life span, to manage challenges of living and working in a diverse global society
  • FACS focus is on families, work, and interrelationships in the areas of academic achievement, cultural and environmental issues, health and safety, individual and family relations, leadership, workplace ethics, and application of technology
  • Participate in leadership and skills competition in Family, Careers and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA).

FAMILY, CAREERS, and COMMUNITY LEADERS OF
AMERICA (FCCLA) Student Organization



      Check out our FCCLA page under "Clubs"

LIFE SKILLS

  • Focuses on practical problems relating to managing resources to achieve individual goals
  • Learn to make informed consumer choices
  • Create and maintain a living environment that maintains the well-being of individuals
  • Develop skills to live in a global environment
  • Develop decision-making skills related to nutrition, clothing, housing, and managing a household
  • Highlights math, science and communication skills

INDEPENDENT LIVING

  • Anticipate and solve practical problems relating to managing resources to achieve individual goals
  • Focus is on developing a life-management plan
  • Learn to care for self and others to ensure wellness
  • Learn to build and maintain constructive relationships and strong functional families
  • Learn to develop strategies for lifelong career planning, personal and career responsibilities, and establish a plan for identifying and accessing resources

CHILD DEVELOPMENT

  • Learn to take responsibility for individual growth within the parenting role
  • Learn to create a healthy parent and child relationship
  • Build positive parent-child relationships using positive guidance and discipline to promote self discipline, self-respect, and socially responsible behavior
  • Obtain parenting information, support, and assistance
  • Learn to meet development needs of children
  • Participate in "Baby Think It Over" infant simulation program and other home-based projects

RELATIONSHIPS

  • Learn to strengthen knowledge of yourself, clarify personal values, and understand personal relationships
  • Analyze the significance of the family, development throughout a person's life span, and factors that build and maintain healthy relationships
  • Develop communication patterns that enhance relationships and effectively resolve conflict
  • Learn to manage work and family roles
  • Identify responsibilities and analyze social forces that influence families throughout life

FASHION DESIGN OCCUPATIONS

  • Learn the apparel and accessories industry
  • Develop technical skills in design
  • Design and construct apparel items
  • Learn fabrics, color, texture, pattern-making, tailoring, industrial sewing, computer-aided design, and customer service
  • Learn human physiology and anatomy as it relates to clothing

INTRODUCTION TO CULINARY ARTS

  • Class is designed to explore careers and culinary arts such as sous chef, pastry chef, and executive aid
  • Students work in a commercial kitchen and prepare food on a small scale
  • Learn customer service and food service employability skills

CULINARY ARTS I

  • Class meets every day (students earn 2 credits)
  • Industry certification testing offered; course may be used for SOL verified credit when student passes industry test
  • Preference given to students who completed Intro to Culinary Arts
  • This is the first year of a two-year occupational program designed to prepare students for occupations in the food service industry
  • Study the care and use of institutional foods equipment, safety requirements, health practices, sanitation and storage of food
  • Explore food career paths
  • Learn customer service, proper dress, and manners
  • Study basic skills in food preparation and waiter/waitress training

CULINARY ARTS II

Prerequisite: Culinary Arts I

  • Class meets every day (students earn 2 credits)
  • Industry certification testing offered; course may be used for SOL verified credit when student passes industry test
  • This is the second year of a two-year occupational program designed to prepare students for food industry occupations
  • Emphasis is on quantity cookery
  • Learn the operation of a food establishment and catering techniques
  • Study cost analysis and restaurant management in a working restaurant
  • Create menus, work schedules, and assign staff to duties in a working restaurant

 

 

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