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Family Consumer Science
The Family and Consumer program offers a variety of courses for grades 9-12. All family and consumer courses meet the Waltham High School Arts requirement as well as the MassCore requirement for graduation. Each course provides students with real and relevant skills including; critical and creative thinking skills, problem solving, team building, entrepreneurial, organizational and mechanical reasoning skills using a hands-on Project Based Learning Model. Students will gain valuable insight to the following industries; Early Education Child Care, Fashion Design, Health and Nutrition, Baking and Culinary.
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FCS: Cooking
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FCS: Fashion Design
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FCS: Early Education
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