Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School
District 233
999 Kedzie Ave., Flossmoor, IL 60422
(708) 799-3000		  
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Applied Academics
 Business Education, Family & Consumer Science, Industrial Technology
Kevin Thomas, Chair   kthomas@hfhighschool.org         335-5660

  

Business Education 
Career Internship  
Family and Consumer Sciences  
Industrial Technology  

View Applied Academics courses from the Academic Course Selection Book 
Applied Academic Department Awards  

Program Goal
The Applied Academics Department is committed to offering all students opportunities for meaningful career-based learning experiences within the confines of a comprehensive high school setting.  The roots of this department can be traced to the early 1960’s where terms like “Shop Class” and “Home Economics” were common.  In contrast to this, H-F’s current vision reflects the economic and educational landscape of the 21st century.  Applied Academics is used as a comprehensive term referring to those aspects of the educational process involving the study of technologies and related sciences, and the acquisition of practical skills, attitudes and knowledge relating to occupations in various sectors of economic and social life.  Applied Academics is further understood to be:
 · An integral part of a comprehensive education at Homewood-Flossmoor High School
 · Academic subject matter taught with relevance to the real world.
 · Employability skills related to the workplace.
 ·    Education pathways that help students explore career interests.
 

Program Learning Objectives
Please note that our curriculum is classified in three separate disciplines:  Business Education, Family & Consumer Sciences and Industrial Technology. Our Career Internship Program provides employment opportunities and early release options for seniors — this opportunity is the capstone course for all three of our disciplines and links the classroom with the workplace, completing the training sequence for each of our programs.

 
Business Education

Our emerging Business Education Department offers many unique opportunities. The field of Business has and always will be the foundation of the world around us.  In recent years, society has seen a boom in the computer technology field.  Business at H-F offers the basics of Keyboarding, Desktop Publishing, Excel Spreadsheet creation and Powerpoint skills.  Our department also aims to provide students with the knowledge and interpersonal skills needed to successfully function within a business-related career. 		Family & Consumer Sciences

 Opportunities within the Family & Consumer Sciences at H-F prepare students to:

· partake in culinary opportunities within our H-F kitchens,

· develop skills necessary to turn creative clothing designs into functional objects of daily use,

· as well as teach the skills needed to work with pre-school aged children.

Industrial Technology

Drafting and Drawing courses teach the skills necessary to create designs, sketches and schematics in preparation for careers in Architecture and Engineering.

Manufacturing, Machine and Welding courses provide training in the use and proper operation of various power machines and tools.

Automotive and Engine Technology students have opportunities to work with everything from disassembling and reassembling smaller (motorcycle, lawnmower) and larger (automotive) engines to studying the chassis, suspension, electrical systems and service (tune-ups) of  automobiles.
 

 

For more information about these pages,
contact Mr. David Thieman, Director of Human Resources: dthieman@hfhighschool.org