Students apply during the spring of their senior year in high school. Upon completion of the program, students will take the State Board of Cosmetology Licensing Examination, which is required of all cosmetologists. Three hours a day are spent in the lab, in supervised work, on mannequins, fellow students, and, later in the program, on customers. The student learns hair cutting, styling, coloring, manicuring, and scalp and facial treatments. An additional hour and a half each day is devoted to professional ethics, bacteriology, sterilization and sanitation, care of hair and scalp, use of hot irons and roller, use of blow dryers, anatomy and physiology, and beauty salon management.
Students purchase their own kit materials and uniforms.
Admission is selective and based upon space available where the program is conducted. Experience an exciting and rewarding opportunity to work with young children or the elderly. Daily hands-on involvement with infants, toddlers, preschool, kindergarten and elementary children and senior citizens is provided at off campus sites. Students will work at Lakewood child care agencies, elementary schools, and senior centers. Students pursuing a college degree in elementary education will gain experience in Lakewood elementary schools.