The Fashion Design Technology program prepares students to enter the fashion industry and other related professions. The primary focus of the program is to teach good sewing machine skills.
Students create a wide variety of garments form children's wear to sports wear to prom gowns.
They also upholster chairs, hang wallpaper, make curtains, and design room. Textiles and fibers, elements of color and design, garment styles and parts, pattern making and design and apparel industry careers and employability skills are some of the subjects that are taught. The student should be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide all units of measure. Perform the four operations with common and decimal fractions and all American monetary units. The student should able to read newspapers, periodicals, journals, manuals, dictionaries, and encyclopedias.