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Family & Consumer Sciences **Vision: Family and Consumers Sciences education empowers individual and families throughout their lives to manage the challenges of living and working in a diverse, global society. Our unique focus is on work, and families and interrelationships. **

**__High School Descriptions: __** **Courses may not be repeated. **

**091025 – Child Development (11th and 12th Grade) 18 Weeks .50 credit. ** Provide students with knowledge of how parents and child care providers meet the needs of infants and young children to provide for healthy growth and development. Prominent theories of child psychology and discussion of sexual reproduction and contraceptives will be studied. Students will participate in a wide range of activities, including caring for an electronic baby, wearing an empathy belly, child-centered activities, guest speakers, and field trips. $20.00 fee required for materials.

**091077 – Healthy and Safe Foods (9-12 Grade) 18 Weeks .50 credit. ** Develop practical problem solving that influences cultural and social factors that affect the body weight and healthy lifestyles. Demonstrate safe food-handling practices related to food-borne pathogens and kitchen environments through food labs. This course focuses on strategies for choosing, acquiring, and preparing foods that will affect overall health and wellness. $30.00 fee required for materials.

=== **091200** **– Healthy Living** (Prerequisite: Healthy and Safe Foods) **18 Weeks .50 credit. ** === Develop practical problem solving that influences cultural and social factors that affects the body weight and healthy lifestyles. Use time management strategies, decision-making skills through food labs. Peer pressure and multi-cultural awareness that relate to educational, work and family goals that sustain productive, meaningful lifestyles will also be covered. $30.00 fee required for materials.

**091050 – Financial Management I ( 9th – 10th Grade) 18 Weeks .50 credit. ** Course provides students with an understanding of the concepts and principles involved in managing one’s personal finances. Topics may include savings and investing, credit, insurance, taxes and social security, spending patterns and budget planning, contracts, and consumer protection. These courses may also provide an overview of the American economy.

**091051 – Financial Management II (Prerequisite: Financial Management I) 18 Weeks .50 credit. ** Course helps students evaluate resources, financial institutions and services that meet individual, family and business goals, protect financial health including credit and debit, prevent loss of assets, and advocate public policy issues that impact financial well-being.

**091400 – Career Search I ( 10th – 12th Grade) 18 Weeks .50 credit. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">Update Individual Academic Career Plan (IACP) plans, practice job skills, and interpret career and workplace issues. Demonstrate how academic achievement influences personal and career growth, conflict resolution techniques and apply social skills that lead to effective school, career and family relationships that lead to a healthy, caring and responsible citizen. Students will work on a variety of projects including food labs to prepare for life after high school. $20.00 fee required for materials.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">091401 – Career Search II (with Career Mentorship) 18 Weeks .50 credit. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">Areas of study would include assessing career plans, managing job searches, and examining career and workplace issues, develop essential interpersonal skills, communication skills and workplace related skills. The course has a mentorship experience attached.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">091300 – Manage Transitions ( 10th – 12th Grade) 18 Weeks .50 credit. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">Assess values and resources that support lifestyle goals, effective time management plans, stress management, multicultural awareness that sustains a productive, meaningful lifestyle. Choose resources that meet individual, family and business financial goals, credit and debt issues, techniques to prevent financial loss of assets conflict resolution and public policy that impact financial well-being. Experiences will be shared through interactive activities, case studies, guest speakers, and field trips. $10.00 fee required for materials.