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Article: Building a Culinary Arts Academy: the 2004 Alabama Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher of the Year shares how she built interest in family and consumer sciences at Bob Jones High School through the development of a successful culinary arts academy.
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- Techniques
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- February 1, 2005
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When Judy Karen Brown arrived at Bob Jones High School (BJHS) in Madison, Alabama, in the summer of 1999, she immediately identified a need to build both student and community interests in family and consumer sciences (FACS). She noticed the student and faculty interest in the FACS department was extremely low. While BJHS emphasizes academics, not all BJHS students will attend college, and all need to better develop their life skills--or in Brown's words, "They all need to know how to cook."
She wanted to enhance career awareness, expand students' educational opportunities, provide students with valuable life skills and help prepare them to be productive in the ...