Human Services

Human Services Career Tech Student Organization:  FCCLA

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America is a national career and technical student organization for students in Family and Consumer Sciences education in public and private school through grade 12.

Involvement in FCCLA offers members the opportunity to expand their leadership potential and develop skills for life -- planning, goal setting, problem solving, decision making, and interpersonal communication -- necessary in the home and workplace. Dues are required.

Family and Consumer Sciences   (Grade 9,10,11,12)

1 Credit                    

Prerequisites: None

Course Fees: $30

Family and Consumer Sciences is a course addressing life sciences in the areas of marriage and family life, parenting and caregiving, consumer services, apparel, housing, food and nutrition, technology, and careers. This course consists of various learning activities that include projects and foods labs. Family and Consumer Sciences is a one credit course that serves as the foundation course for all other courses within the Family and Consumer Science Program and is a part of the Career Technical Education (CTE) department. It is strongly encouraged that this course be taken before any other Family and Consumer Sciences courses.

Nutrition & Food  (Grade 10,11,12)

1 Credit                    

Prerequisites: Family and Consumer Sciences 

Course Fees: $30

In Nutrition & Food, students will practice planning, preparing and serving nutritious and aesthetically pleasing meals while learning about the different facets of nutrition. Topics to be covered within this class are various aspects that impact an individual’s daily nutrition and wellness practices, USDA Dietary Guidelines, impacts of science and technology on In, Nutrition & Food students will practice planning, preparing and serving nutritious and aesthetically pleasing meals while learning about the different facets of nutrition. Topics to be covered within this class are various aspects that impact an individual’s daily nutrition and wellness practices, USDA Dietary Guidelines, impacts of science and technology on nutrition and wellness, safety and sanitation within the kitchen setting, and careers in the field of nutrition and the foodservice industry.

Event Planning (Grade 10,11,12)

1 Credit                    

Prerequisites: Family and Consumer Sciences, Nutrition & Food and Teacher Approval

Course Fees: $30

Event planning allows students to learn to organize and plan all aspects of business and social events including the food, location, and décor associated with hiring an event planner. Students will learn to help clients select themes, locations, menus and prepare budgets and timelines for events. Students will demonstrate leadership characteristics and at the completion of this course will be prepared for various career opportunities in event planning. This course will consist largely of project based learning and will have limited food labs to learn to prepare various foods typical for use in parties and large crowd events.

CTE Lab in Human Services  (Grade 11 and 12)

1 Credit                    

Prerequisites: Family and Consumer Sciences, Nutrition & Food and Teacher Approval 

Course Fees: $30

This class is designed to enhance the student’s general understanding and mastery of the cluster. This course is designed as a learning laboratory to support students’ individual interests and goals. Membership in FCCLA is strongly encouraged for students in this class.