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FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES DEPT.

Family and Consumer Science (FCS) courses expose and educate the high school students in the necessary skills
for independent life. Courses are offered that provide lifelong growth and knowledge in the areas of personal
life skills, components and importance of good decision making, career exploration, housing and interior design
options, parenting skills, nutrition and wellness guidelines, as well as basic through advanced culinary skills. Our
goal is to provide courses that promote a healthy personal lifestyle that enables the student to be a successful
contributing member of society.

9th Grade: 10th Grade: PEER COLLABORATION & OFFICE INTERNSHIP
Peer Collaboration Peer Collaboration
Post-Secondary Planning Post-Secondary Planning (Semester/Year, .5/1 S/U credit, Grades 9-12)
Transitions and Careers Transitions and Careers Prerequisite: None
Culinary Fundamentals Culinary Fundamentals
Personal Financial Personal Financial The Peer Collaboration and Office Internship
electives allow students to acquire and enhance
Management Management skills in leadership, problem solving, critical thinking,
Fashion Design and Fashion Design and communication, and collaboration. Peer
Collaborators and Office Interns will support
Textiles Textiles students and staff members in a variety of ways,
Interior Design, Interior Design, serving as role models to their peers. Peer
Collaborators’ primary role is to assist peers in a
Furnishings and Furnishings and classroom setting. Office Interns’ primary role is to
Management Management assist staff in an office setting. Both programs
Child Development Child Development require a training, weekly journals, and adherence
FCS Student Assistant FCS Student Assistant to the rubric established with their supervising staff
11th Grade: 12th Grade: member. Students cannot count either course as
Peer Collaboration Peer Collaboration one of the required number of classes per
Post-Secondary Planning Post-Secondary Planning semester; the courses will be scheduled in place of
Transitions and Careers Transitions and Careers a study hall period only.
Culinary Fundamentals Culinary Fundamentals
Personal Financial Personal Financial POST-SECONDARY PLANNING
Management Management
Fashion Design and Fashion Design and (.25 credit per year, S/U credit, grades 9-12)
Textiles Textiles Prerequisite: None
Interior Design, Interior Design,
Furnishings and Furnishings and This course is designed to give students an
Management Management opportunity to best understand their skills and
Child Development Child Development interests as they relate to future goals. Students will
FCS Student Assistant FCS Student Assistant work through goal setting exercises, curriculum
planning, and college and career search modules
utilizing the Naviance software. Students will also
take assessments focusing on understanding their
learning style and personality traits, as well as, skills
and interest inventories. There is a pre-set sequence
of activities for students to complete during grades

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