Traditions evolve as home ec and shop classes modernize
The Thornwood High School official notes gender shifts in family and consumer sciences and industrial technology as more men enter culinary and new trades. Schools rebrand courses, add computer tools, and emphasize career skills while some shops face declining enrollment and aging facilities in need of updates.
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Eric Kennedy
Thornwood High School
South Holland
Wood Shop
John Morian
Marian Catholic High School
Chicago Heights
Oak Lawn High School
Joyce Scenogle
Career Technology
Bill Sanderson
H-F
Bridgeman
Brown
Sandburg
Stagg
Freshmen sample a career smorgasbord at Lockport high
Lockport Township High School District 205 runs Tech Survey for 750 freshmen across four nine week modules in family consumer sciences technology business and the arts. Students gain hands on exposure through modules such as a flight trainer robot design and laser projects while building basic skills and career awareness.
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Mary George
Lincoln Way
Pranger
Mike Jajkowski
Jajkowski
Lockport Township High School
Garry Raymond
Raymond
Lockport Township
Depco Inc
Applied Technology Lab
Depco
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Julie Villalobos
Prince Huskey II
Douglas Bucholz
Bucholz
Ken Fiore
Fiore
Lincoln-Way
Illinois Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
Oak Lawn
Icenogle
Rich Brown
Andrew High School
Tinley Park
Joseph P. Meier
Becky Miller
Lincoln Way Community High School
Homewood
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