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COMPUTERS                                                          

Computer Education in the Middle School is for 10 weeks for sixth grade students.

The focus is on mastering the keyboard. The course endeavors to further the students’ understanding of keyboarding. Topics covered include reviewing the keyboard, practicing, introduction to terms, formatting, introduction to draw and paint, and typing letters and reports. In addition, one assignment accesses the internet.

FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES

Family and Consumer Science education in the Middle School is for 30 weeks. We divide this timeframe between the three grade levels. This constitutes 10 weeks per each of the three grades (6, 7, and 8). The course’s name is Home and Career Skills. It is designed to help adolescents live in a society of constant change and to improve their quality of life by preparing them to meet their present and future responsibilities as family members, consumers, home managers, and wage earners. 

In sixth grade, the topics of study include:  process skills (decision-making skills, problem-solving skills, management skills), personal development (self-assessment, adolescence, and character education), personal & family resource management (clothing care, personal environment), and machine sewing skills. 

In seventh grade, the topics of study include:  process skills review, personal development (child development, adolescence, the elderly), and personal & family resource management (consumerism, nutrition management). The students also study the food pyramid, essential nutrients, food-borne illnesses, food preparation, safety, and sanitization. 

In eighth grade, the topics of study include:  process skills review, personal & family resource management (money management), and career planning (introduction to the world of work, interests and abilities, self-assessment, career exploration, job shadow experience, entrepreneurship). 

TECHNOLOGY

Technology education in the Middle School is for 40 weeks. We divide this period between the two grade levels. This constitutes 20 weeks in 7^th grade, and 20 weeks in 8^th grade. In seventh grade, the students study wood processes and products, as well as, machinery. During eighth grade, the students complete their Middle School technology education with study in communications, energy, consumerism, and bridge building. 7^th Grade Textbook:  1992. Technology in Your World. 2^nd Edition, Glencoe-McGraw Hill Publishers. 8^th Grade Textbook:  2003. Technology Interactions. Glencoe-McGraw Hill Publishers.

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