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Family Studies Updated: November 18, 2009
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The Family Studies Department enables students to become informed individuals by connecting the home, family, and society. Courses offered in Family Studies help students develop life skills preparing them to become productive citizens who learn to respect the opinions and ideas of others. Areas of study include: individual and family development, food and nutrition, clothing and textiles, as well as the study of relationships. In Family Studies, students learn through a variety of teaching methods and classroom experiences including hands-on practical tasks, guest speakers, individual and group work, role playing, and the use of current technology. Courses The Family Studies Department at Stephen Lewis Secondary School offers a variety of courses to meet our students’ interests and needs. The following courses are offered for the 2008/2009 school year.
Update from The Principal's Newsletter, January 2009 Mrs. Follings' Grade 12s hosted a Fiesta fundraiser dinner. All proceeds will be donated towards our Honduras fundraising campaign to adopt a child. This is our Grade12s legacy. Students enjoyed an event filled evening with a choreographed dance and a student performance, two DJs, a video, lasagne, salad, garlic bread, dessert squares donated from Sobey's, and cakes baked by Ms Skop's Grade 12 class. We thank all of our event planners, MCs, volunteers, photographers, attendees, performers, and staff chaperones for a wonderful evening. We raised $710! A life changing event in many ways! This semester, several of our classes headed off to the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. Students enjoyed learning about Ontario agriculture, new food products, and of course did some food sampling in the process! The candy apples and homemade fudge were a hit. Our Individual and Family Living, Food and Nutrition, as well as the Food and Nutrition Science classes cooked up a storm this semester! We made stir fry, cinnamon buns, pizza, fajitas, cookies, and baked Alaska, just to list a few. We also hosted another very successful cultural food day. During our cultural food day, students dressed in traditional clothing, cooked foods relevant to their culture, and expressed the significance of their dish. Our cake baking competition was also a wonderful experience with cakes decorated in unique ways. Examples included a ladybug, a doghouse, and even wedding cakes! Our Parenting students cared for
our infant simulators with great success. They also visited Churchill
Meadows Public School where they read the storybooks they created to
Grade 1 students. Next year, in addition to our current program, we
will open a playschool program. Our students in Grades 9, 11, and 12
will be working with young children between the ages of two and four,
developing age-appropriate activities, participating in “playtime”,
making snacks, planning crafts and much more. We are very excited to
invite our community into SLSS. Stay tuned for more information! Update from The Principal's Newsletter, January 2008
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Welcome
The
Family Studies Department has had another great semester! This was our
first semester offering Grade 12 courses; these included: Food and Nutrition
Science, Human Growth and Development, and last, but certainly not least,
Individuals and Families in a Diverse Society. We are excited that our
first class is about to graduate and are confident that they are well
prepared for university, college, and/or the workplace. 
The
Family Studies Department has had another exciting semester! We welcomed
a new teacher,