Hello, and welcome to our 9th grade Family and Consumer Science class. My name is Linda Tenbrook and I teach Personal and Family Development. I love teaching 9th graders and watching them mature throughout the year. It is my goal to teach my students skills and techniques that will help them with everyday activities and enable them to develop a belief in their ability to accomplish all things.

Our class is moving back to the foods lab. We will begin by studying nutrition. From there we will learn about cooking by studying basic terminology, how to measure, and how to read and follow a recipe. At this point we are ready to begin the part that every student waits eagerly to do--cook. Luckily, they will have a great deal of opportunity to practice because this section of our class will continue until the end of the year.