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Family and consumer science deals with the key perennial problems facing all families and individuals. these problems include choosing and preparing food for optimal health and nutrition. housing, budgeting, clothing the family and the nurturing of children to reach their maximum potential. students learn the skills necessary to tackle these problems through hands-on activities. who could argue that skills such as these are not life enhancing? Many students continue to use these skills to build healthy family units and many students find that family and consumer science introduces them to long life careers in early childhood education, food, service, interior design and fashion design and merchandising. The question is, is the FCS important to the families of Tiverton? The course selection process held in March recorded 160 requests for FCS courses. That is a significant number considering the size of the high school.
The opportunity to take such courses is part of a well rounded education. Perhaps if the state mandated a standardized assessment on life skills, it would throw some light on the subject.
Some of the classes students can take in this department consist of three food classes, basic and advanced clothing construction, interior design, human development, and working with children.
Students also have the opportunity for community service hours for example they can help clean the class room or 20 sessions of helping with the play school.
Many students later join the work force using what they learned in culinary arts. Two students have been working for two years at Tiger Cubs. Other students have gone on to major in early childhood. Students have also gone on to have part time jobs in the food industry. Culinary Arts students have also gone on to work at Sakonnet Bay Manor. Last Year, two child care students, would leave T.H.S. at noontime, on the early release program, to go perform their duties as part of the after School Program in the fall river Public Schools. these students also took child care courses at BCC and received college credits while still in high school.
The Culinary Arts classes are different than all the other classes because they is are hands on classroom. Students apply their knowledge to Students study traditional as well as international cooking and have visited local college programs at Johnson and Wales University and Bristol Community College