Course+Offerings

The Tomah High School Family and Consumer Education Department is proud to offer a wide variety of fun and interactive courses to students in grades 9-12. Relevant life skills and hands on activities provide students with a unique learning experience! Remember the THS Family and Consumer Education Department when registering for your electives!

501 Foods for You ** Today’s young adults need to be prepared to provide the basic necessities of life for themselves. One of these necessities is food. Students enrolled in Foods for You will learn about food necessary for a healthy lifestyle, conservation and management of resources (time, energy, and money), processing and packaging of food, and preparation of food using basic cooking techniques. Students will develop skills using kitchen equipment, following recipes, and in preparation procedures. These skills will be put into practice during food preparation labs.
 * // .50 Credit Semester 9,10,11,12 //**

The student will explore how food patterns are formed, how they change, and how the family transmits culture and tradition through food. Also emphasized will be the nutritional needs of family members. Meal planning and implementation will be put into practice through breakfast, lunch and dinner labs throughout the semester. Other lab experiences will allow students to learn new food preparation techniques commonly used in a family.
 * 502 Food for the Family **
 * // .50 Credit Semester 9,10,11,12 //**


 * 535 Teen Living **
 * // .50 Credit Semester 9,10 //**

Resource management, relationships, peer pressure, goal setting and decision-making are challenges that face every teen on the road to adulthood. In Teen Living, you will practice critical thinking skills, priority-setting techniques and conflict resolution methods as you learn to face these challenges. Students will enjoy a wide variety of activities that appeal to each participant’s learning style.

Our society includes a greater number of single people today than ever before. Knowing how to manage as a single person is as important to learn as knowing how to make a marriage work. In this course you will learn about yourself, your family, healthy relationships with the opposite sex, engagement and love. You will also learn how to develop satisfying relationships and how conflict can change those relationships.
 * 537 Single and Family Living **
 * // .50 Credit Semester 11,12 //**

// Prerequisite - Teacher or Counselor Recommendation with final approval from Teen Parenting Committee in accordance with PI19 DPI Status. // Teen parents face significant challenges in completing their high school education and in making decisions about the future. Teen Parenting offers teens opportunities to assess their interests and pursue the knowledge needed for their situations to make them successful in life. They will increase their self-awareness and understand the problem solving process as a basis for sound decision making. They will study the physical and emotional aspects of the childbearing experience and explore all options available to them.
 * 539 Teen Parenting **
 * // 1.0 Credit Year 9,10,11,12 //**
 * Strongly Recommended for all Teen Parents **

Understand your own housing needs now and in the future. Learn about selecting, furnishing, financing, and maintaining a place to live. You will also complete various projects as part of your learning experiences.
 * 543 Housing and Interior Design **
 * // .50 Credit Semester 10,11,12 //**

// Prerequisite – B or better in Housing and Interior Design or Teacher Approval. // Students enrolled in this course will find many opportunities to use their creativity and talents on individual projects related to housing, homes, and interior design. The student and the teacher will work together to choose projects tailored to the student’s skills, personal preferences and goals.
 * 544 Advanced Housing and Interior Design **
 * // .50 Credit Semester 11,12 //**