Family and Consumer Sciences empowers students with the practical knowledge and skills needed for independent living, healthy relationships, and career success. Through hands-on experiences in cooking, textiles, home maintenance, and child development, students learn how to apply what they know to real-life situations at home, in the community, and in the workplace.
Mission Statement
To develop individual potential and life skills needed to meet the challenges of the future.
Exit Outcomes
Students completing courses in Family and Consumer Sciences will be able to:
- Demonstrate their knowledge of the principles of consumer behavior as a foundation for managing available resources to provide for personal and family needs in the occupation of homemaker.
- Demonstrate their knowledge of basic child health and child care skills needed in the occupation of child care.
- Recognize and demonstrate the ability to apply dietary guidelines in order to meet nutritional needs at various stages of life in the occupational role of homemaker.
- Explore the multiple purposes of work and the range of career options, including entrepreneurship, and relate them to their individual interests, aptitudes, skills and values in the occupation.
Grading
Effective August 2025, student grades in FCS classes are determined using the following weights:
| 60% |
Classwork and Performance |
| 40% |
Participation |