Topics include styles, construction, design floor plans, elevations, foundations, electrical, plumbing, heating, kitchens, lot and plot plans. Students will be involved in the actual design of buildings that will be built. Work in this course is done entirely on computer with AutoCAD and other software. The first semester curriculum covers shop safety, fasteners, hand tools, operation of shop equipment, engine mechanical and vehicle electrical systems and hazardous waste management. Second semester curriculum includes brake systems, steering, and suspension systems, engine performance, and emission control.
Options expand for qualified students into Co-op and apprenticeship experiences.
Students in this program will learn food preparation, baking, and restaurant operation and management by actually operating the Colonial Room Restaurant and Bakeshop. Students concentrate on food production and basic procedures including kitchen sanitation and safety, use and care of equipment, product identification and use, basic food science, quantity food production, baking of breads and pastries, cooking methods and procedures, buffet, banquet. Students go over computer basics to help them on projects, which they will do during the school year. Students experience the basics in all areas of the design and printing processes. All students participate in off-site learning experiences at least twice every month.