Family and Consumer Sciences program
The Family and Consumer Sciences program at TSB covers four areas of concentration. Activities of Daily Living is a non-graded course that focuses on those skills necessary for functioning on a daily basis. Basic kitchen skills, basic housekeeping tasks, care of clothing and dressing skills, and personal/social development are the primary objectives. Family and Consumer Science I, Child Development and Adult Living are the high school elective courses which give students the opportunity to earn one high school credit. FCS I has units in food preparation, table setting and etiquette, consumer education, sewing, and babysitting. The Child Development curriculum spans concepts from prenatal development to birth and the pre-school child. Adult Living helps high school seniors prepare for the "real world" by focusing on skills needed for living independently. Meal planning and preparation, responsibility for self, managing time, money and energy, as well as caring for an apartment are all skills used as these students live in a semi-independent living apartment during the second semester of their senior year.