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Independent Living I
Course number: CS 0901
Class size limit: 20
Type: elective
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: none
Credits: 1
Terms: 1
This course will begin to prepare the student to live on his/her own after high school and successfully accomplish life’s everyday challenges. The student explores career possibilities and workplace readiness skills are introduced. The student fills out job applications, prepares for a job interview, and learns to conduct him/herself appropriately in the world of work. Money management skills are developed by learning about saving for the future, using credit wisely, budgeting, balancing a checkbook, and electronic banking. A unit on basic clothing care, which includes pressing a shirt and a pair of pants, is covered. The student will become a responsible consumer as he/she learns about grocery shopping and reads nutritional labels. Basic cooking skills are learned as the student learns to use the kitchen appliances.
Foods and Nutrition
FCS 1001
Class size limit: 16
Type: elective
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: none
Credits: 1
Terms: 1
Students are introduced to culinary skills and techniques as they learn about nutrition, food safety, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. They learn how to set a table and practice good manners while eating. Students work in groups as they plan, prepare, serve and evaluate foods. Food preparation units include fruits and vegetables, grains, dairy products, eggs, fats and oils, and knife skills.
Advanced Foods
Course number: FCS 1101
Class size limit: 16?
Type: elective
Grades: 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: Foods and Nutrition
Credits: 2
Terms: 2
Explore the world of foods using new techniques for cooking and baking. Foreign foods and catering will be covered.
Housing and Interior Design
Course number: FCS 1102
Class size limit: 20
Type: elective
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: none
Credits: 1
Terms: 1
This course prepares the student for his/her future role of purchasing and decorating a home. Areas of study include: Architectural design from colonial to modern times, the exterior and interior construction of a house, and the home buying process. The students will learn about decorating the interior using the elements and principles of design to select colors, furniture, carpet, and lighting. Field trips will be taken, as time permits.
Child Development
Course number: FCS 0902
Class size limit: 24
Type: elective
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: none
Credits: 1
Terms: 1
Children demand and deserve love, attention, and proper care, and this class will give students the basic knowledge they need to understand the growing needs and development of children. The subjects of conception, prenatal development, birth, infancy, the toddler, and the preschooler are covered. Routine care, nutritional needs, health and safety issues, discipline, financial responsibility, child abuse, and teen parenthood are studied.
Style and Fashion
Course number: FCS 1202
Class size limit: 18
Type: elective
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: none
Credits: 1
Terms: 1
Clothing plays an important role in a person’s self-esteem. Students will study the history of fashion, fashion trends, the impact of color, and the various body shapes in order to evaluate what styles look right for them. Fibers, fabrics, and clothing care will also be studied. Students will become reacquainted with the sewing machine as they construct a simple garment from a pattern. If time permits, the second item of choice will be constructed.
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