Family & Consumer Science
& Home Economics Classes
& Information
Family & Consumer Science (FACS)
& Home Economics Classes
Teen Living for Freshmen (9th Grade)
This semester course focuses on some of the issues facing
today's teen. How to handle stress, making and keeping friends,
problems of teen pregnancy, and how to break up with someone,
are some of the issues covered. Does the order in which
you were born really influence your personality? Innovative
learning experiences reinforce classroom discussion. During
the course you will practice your manners at the elegant
Restaurant. You will also become a parent of a baby for
a week. You even receive your own drivers licence at the
end of the course!
Clothing (9th Grade)
This is a creativity and artistic expression course for
Freshmen students that builds your own wardrobe. Make it
and wear it, custom-designed to fit only you! Nothing is
more rewarding than learning to sew. It's a skill for a
lifetime in a class that is a win-win situation. Lab fee:
$5.00
Food and Nutrition 1 (9th Grade)
Some things are meant to go together–like food, fitness
and fun! This is the "Food and Fitness" course
for Utah's Foods and Nutrition articulated curriculum. The
importance of food in health and wellness is stressed to
Freshman students. Learning is reinforced through field
trips and lab experiences. Attention is given to problems
with weight control, including fad diets and nutrition for
athletes (sports nutrition). World hunger is brought into
focus. Lab fee: $15.00
Beginning Foods and Nutrition - Life Skills
(8th Grade)
Eighth Graders will learn the basic of food science by having
fun preparing foods in a class that focuses on the same
skills that can lead to an entry-level job in fast foods
or other related industries. Field trips and job shadowing
round out a laboratory-based curriculum that also transfers
to real-life experiences preparing food for themselves and
the family at home. This class is also a great hands-on
experience to help students understand and apply math and
science. Lab fee: $10.00
