Food and Nutrition- 1 credit, 10-12

A semester class that gives the student learnerhands on experience in the following topics; selecting from the food pyramid, meats, recognizing different nutrients and how they affect the body, food choices through the life span, eating disorders, basic kitchen terminology, recipe reading skills, baking, healthy eating at home and on the go, and careers in the nutrition field.

Life Skills- 1 credit, 9 (Introduction to Human Services Course)

Life Skills is a semester-long course designed to provide the student with the opportunity to explore the Human Services Career Cluster creating a foundation for further study. The content areas include: decision making, goal setting, communication, teamwork, relationships, resource management, foods and nutrition, saftey and sanitation, money management, career exploration, child development, parenting, and housing. Lab experiences will provide opportunities to learn and practice skill.

Career and Community Connections-- 1 credit, 12, Pre-req: 2 credits of FACS courses

Career and Community Connections is a class designed for the learner to apply technical skills in a professional learning experiences, unpaid or paid, outside or within the school environment. Included will be continued development and finalization of the students portfolio. Career and Community Connections provides the opportunity for learners to focus on career related topic, team building and effectiveness in the world of work, and acquiring job seeking skills and retention needed to advance within the workplace. (FCCLA officers are encouraged to enroll in this course)

Consumer Education -- 1/2 credit, 11-12

Consumer Education provides students with an understanding of the concepts and principles involved in economic, financial literacy and exploration in career opportunities. Topics may incude saving and investing, credit, insurance, taxes and social security, spending patterns, spending patterns and budget plannnig, problem solving, and critical thinking, contracts, and current issues (local, state, global).

Nutrition and Wellness-- 1/2 credit, 10-12

Nutrition and Wellness will include topics related to personal health education affecting individuals for future career choices. Topics my include nutrition, stress management, drug/alcohol abuse prevention, and disease prevention. Course objectives include helping learners develop decision making, communication, interpersonal and coping skills and strategies.

Human Growth and Development-- 1/2 credit, 10-12 (1st semester)

In the Human Growth and Development course, students learn about the physica, intellectual, emotioal and social growth and dvelpoment of infants, children, adolescens, young adults, and adults and their development across the life span. (Preference will bee given to Sophomores.)

Family Studies-1/2 credit, 10-12 (2nd semester)
Family studies reflects the transition to a parenting course for the 21st century learner as it helps the learner discover how parents respond to the various stages of childhood and adolescence, and the aging process. Course content me include responsibilities and difficulties of parenthood cross the life span; fundamentals of various ages and stages of child, adolescent, and adult emotional, cognitive, and physical development; and the appropriate care of infants, children, young adults, and aging parents. ( Preference will be given to sophpmores)

Parenting OJT-- 1/2 credit, 12, principal/counselor approval

Upon successful complation of child deveolpment and parenting classes, seniors may apply of an OJT experience. Upon completition of the OJT experience, students may sit for state licensingtest and upon satisfactory scoring of the test, may apply to be considered for the articulation aggrement with Highland Communty College to earn nine college credits at no cost to the student.