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Linda
Prescott, the Family and Consumer Science teacher
graduated from Brigham Young University in Home
Economics. (Now called Family & Consumer Science.)
She also has endorsements in Vocational Education
and Economics.
Linda has lived in Jerome since 1974. She and
her husband have 5 children and 4 grandchildren.
Mrs. Prescott teachers the following classes:
TEEN LIVING
Teen living is designed to help students focus
on their roles and responsibilities as individuals
in the home and family situation with emphasis
on: 1) Coordination of family life with work life
2) Issues that impact upon work\family interaction,
3) Problems that arise from these issues, 4) Positive
interaction between work and family, 5) Six week
of nutrition with instruction in cooking labs,
6) Six weeks of sewing lab and sewing instructions.
NUTRITION & FOODS
This course is designed to address nutrition and
personal lifestyle. Content emphasis is on food
preparation techniques, meal management skills,
consumer skills, the impact of nutrition and related
field. Cooking labs throughout the semester.
PARENTING & CHILD DEVELOPMENT
This class addresses parenting skills and choices.
Content emphasis is on parenting decision, prenatal
stages, birth, stages in child development, relationships
within families, appropriate family coping strategies,
evaluation of child care services, and child safety
in child development and parenting and related
areas.
ECONOMICS
Help young people develop consumer attitudes ant
practices that will help them face both simple
and complex decisions throughout life. Play “Stock
Market Game” for ten weeks.
CAREERS
This course focuses on three main areas for eighth
graders: 1) self knowledge 2) educational and
occupational explorations, 3) career planning.
Students learn about different careers by having
professionals from all over the Magic Valley into
the classroom as guest speakers. The last six
weeks of class is a Family and Consumer Science
class with emphasis on cooking skills. (Including
a cooking lab.)
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