Gas stove fire burning. Baby crying. Life leading a family can be stressful. This is the problem that Family & Consumer Sciences (FACS) aims to help with. “(FACS) helps you on certain career paths,” FACS Teacher Kimberly Voss said, “They all prepare you for life on your own.”
What’s it like for the students?
In every class, it’s one thing to hear from the teachers. It’s an entirely separate thing to hear from the students. When you hear from the students, you get a perspective like never before. For example, when FACS student Brenden Cox (‘25), who is in Child Development and Culinary 1, was asked about what skills he’s learned as a result of taking those classes, he said that he’s learned “how to properly care for a child and what the weight of being pregnant truly means.”
The aforementioned classes aren’t classes you work on by yourself though. In fact, quite the opposite. “I have worked with a large variety of several different people in my FACs classes,” Cox said.
There are several classes in FACS, such as Culinary I, II, and III, which teaches you how to cook in a restaurant environment. Child Development I teaches you to care for a child from birth to 3 years old using fake babies, while Child Development II brings in preschoolers and teaches you to care for kids from 3-4. Careers in Education Practicum is a course where students learn how to tutor in K-12. Housing and Interior Design is exactly what it sounds like, which is teaching you about interior design. Human Relations also is what it sounds like. Merchandising is teaching how to run a retail store, while Senior FACS teaches seniors how adulting works. There truly is a FACS class for everyone.
FCCLA
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) teaches about parenting, family relationships, substance abuse, peer pressure, sustainability, nutrition and fitness, teen violence, and career preparation.
