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students a sampling of the trade field and ignite their interest
for future exploration at the high school level or beyond.
• Reconfigured classrooms in the middle school made way
for the design of a whole kitchen area for the
culinary arts
classes. The course allows students to receive a basic under-
standing of the entire spectrum of culinary arts from sanitation
and safety, proper tools and equipment use, introduction to
food preparation and baking to dining room service.
• The second rotation in the Introduction to Trades segment
is
plumbing
. This course allows students to learn
about basic plumbing tools and materials used in basic
plumbing systems. Some of the activities covered include:
dissembling and reassembling a bathroom sink faucet,
connecting water lines for a bathroom sink, installing a
frost-free outside faucet and connecting a hot water heater.
• The third rotation in trades covers
electrical safety
.
Students gain knowledge about electrical circuits, devices
and learn how to actually wire common residential
applications. Some examples of activities students learn
include: wire and testing an outlet, wiring a lamp cord and
identifying the importance of grounding.
General Technology
The course reflects the demands of technology within society
today. The course covers the fundamentals of the Microsoft
Office suite of computer programs. Students learn how to
create and edit documents such as newsletters, resumes,
budgets, financial statements and presentations. Students
have the opportunity to earn a Microsoft Office Specialist
Certification.
SpanishForeignLanguage
Spanish is the fourth exploratory curriculum in Discover U that
is offered to students who meet or exceed the 50th percentile
in ELA benchmark assessments.
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The new exploratory program Introduction to Trades includes a rotation in various
trade fields including electric safety. Students here are gaining knowledge about electric circuits.
Opposite
: Students taking culinary arts as part of Introduction to Trades are able to learn the
trade in a newly designed kitchen facility designed just for the exploratory program.
Thanks to VH1 Save the Music Foundation
in partnership
with the Country Music Awards, Zion Elementary District 6
students are bringing music to life after receiving a
$10,000
Keys + Kids Piano Grant
to support the district’s music
program. Middle school students are able to select orchestra,