Career and Life Planning (Grade 9-12) First Semester ; Introductory Prerequisite
Career and Life Planning is a semester class, offered only first-semester. The class teaches students that
to be successful on your own is key to being a successful person in life. Career and Life Planning covers
skills needed to be on your own. Making a budget, borrowing money, credit cards, consumer rights,
insurance and investing money are a few of the topics covered in the Consumer Unit. In the Housing Unit
the student will make decisions about housing and the laws involved in renting and owning. Students will
also study about setting up an apartment. Providing safe and nutritious foods will be covered in the Foods
Unit. The students will prepare a breakfast, lunch, dinner, and an appetizer. Completing job applications,
making resumes, cover letters, follow-up letters, and interviewing are all parts of the Careers unit. The
students will look at education after high school such as Vo-tech schools, Community Colleges, and
Universities. The students will have a chance to look at military options, as well. The students will study
how to fund post-high school educations through scholarships, grants, and free rides. A great class to
take to start a high school year as a freshman and take as a senior to prepare for life as a Graduate after
your senior year.
Culinary Essentials (Grades 9-12) Second Semester
Eating to stay healthy and its side effects on your wellness, budgeting for a meal, and using culinary
equipment are just a few of the topics covered in Culinary Essentials. As a one-semester course, offered
only second semester, it is worth half of a credit. The students start out with sanitation, food safety, and
kitchen safety. The students have the chance to earn a SERVSAFE food handlers’ certificate for entry
level employment opportunities. Learning to read recipes, how to measure, changing recipes and
following recipes will be covered. Students will evaluate their own diets, as well as what is normal diets,
special health concern diets, eating disorders and athlete’s diets. Food preparation will take place making
many meals following certain nutritional guidelines. They will also be making meals for eating throughout
the lifecycle. This class is good for students that need to prepare meals at home, want a job in the food
related area, or want to go into culinary career area.
Culinary Arts I (Grades 10-12) Full Year
Culinary Arts is an industry-driven curriculum to teach careers in food service and to teach the basic skills
and knowledge students need for success in the food service industry. Covered topics are customer
relations, preparing and serving safe food, preventing accidents and injuries, kitchen basics, food service
equipment, nutrition, business math, controlling food service cost and working with people. Food
preparation takes place covering breakfast, salads, sandwiches, fruits, and vegetables. This class is for
students that want to see if the food-service industry is the career for them. The students may choose to
compete in a culinary and management competition with Kansas ProStart. This class is also covers the
ServSafe managers level training. The students will take the national test and can earn a ServSafe
certificate at the manager’s level. This is used both for continuing into college in Culinary and for
employment in the restaurant and food service areas.
Culinary Arts II (Grades 10-12) Full Year
Culinary Arts 2 is an industry-driven curriculum to teach careers in food service and teach the basic skills
and knowledge they need for success in the food service industry. Covered topics are history of food,
lodging industry, serving marketing, inventory, accounting, tourism, and communication. This class will
attend the culinary and management Kansas ProStart contest.
Pro-Start Business (Grade 12) Full Year
ProStart business will give the students hands on experience in planning, organizing, and running a food
related business. Students will see what an entrepreneur is, the different type of ownerships, how to
develop a business plan, how to market a business, how to hire and manage a staff, as well as the ins
and outs of financing your business. The students will go to the Kansas ProStart competition in the
management team. The students will gain skills weekly in the restaurant businesses in our area. This will
help both for future employment and for continuing on in the restaurant and culinary careers in a
community college, or a 4-year college.