FACS Letter

September 4,  2024

Dear parents and guardians,

Welcome to Family and Consumer Sciences! Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) is a New York State mandated education program at the middle school level. FACS helps students develop and strengthen essential life skills such as decision making, food preparation, budgeting, textiles, and healthy lifestyle choices. We also investigate food products that are nutrient dense and considered sustainable options for the future. Please review the grading procedure for this class. My contact information is treetz@sufferncentral.org if you have any questions or would like to share any information with me.

To be sure, kitchen labs include nutritious and delicious foods such as fruit smoothies and stir fried rice. Please know that student’s dietary needs and customs are respected in class. My room is a peanut and tree nut free room. Our recipes also are vegetarian. In the event that your child is absent,  weekly assignments are posted on the Family and Consumer Science website  for SMS  https://sites.google.com/s/1u116fCoyL01SRJbJzt39MWWftb5XQmG2/p/0B1NNbq9zsRy8bWYyY3d3eTl5c1k/ and daily assignments are in their Google Classroom. Grades are posted weekly on the parent portal.

Please sign the bottom of this letter  indicating you have read this letter and have your child  return it to class. Please indicate if your child has any food customs and/or allergies that I need to adhere to.  I look forward to a great quarter with your child in FACS!

Sincerely,

Theresa Reetz

treetz@sufferncentral.org

Student’s name  (please print) _________________________________________________

Parent/guardian  signature __________________________________________________

Please indicate any food allergies or restrictions _____________________________________________________________________________________

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