District 207 Career and Technical Education

Fashion students traveled to the city that never sleeps last weekend and took a bite out of the big Apple!
Highlights included a trip to Mood Fabrics where Project Runway filmed, a workshop with a costume designer @ Aladdin on Broadway and a night to go see the Broadway hit Wicked. Also, a visit to the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, The Met, 5th and Fashion Ave & much more! Many fashion memories were made for sure.

Maine South's Women in Business club is back in action for the 2022-2023 school year!
If you are interested in learning more about:

💰 Exploring business as a career after high school
👩‍💼 Learning from female guest speakers in the field
📈 Finding opportunities to get involved in business at Maine South

Join Women in Business Club!
First info meeting is on September 15th at 8AM in Room B12. Bring a friend and we hope to see you there!

Our interns, Michael Fortune and Nick Urquhart and Caitlin Wallace(not pictured), were honored at City Hall this week for their internship experiences this year. The three interns worked side by side with the City of Park Ridge to learn about our community’s finances, urban planning, and engineering(respectively). These learning experiences have helped our students in so many ways. We are so grateful for our partnership and their support!

Want to go into the medical field? Sign up for Healthcare Careers!

I don’t do fashion.
I am fashion.

Calling all Fashionistas!
Sign up for Fashion Merchandising!

Do you love working with kids?
Sign up for Early Childhood Development next year!

-Full Year Course Offered to Grades 9-12.
-No prerequisite needed.
-Opportunity to earn Level 1 ECE certificate

Have you ever wondered how animated characters were made in Pixar movies? Or how video games were designed? ⠀
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Sign up for 3D Animation next year and learn how the industry experts do it!⠀
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Have you walked past the Fashion classroom and wondered what students were working on?⠀
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Swipe to get a sneak peak 👉⠀
Students are working on various choice projects that include learning about zippers, under stitching linings, and darts for form fitting. Each project has 6-8 techniques within the garment. ⠀
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Check out the window display next time you walk past to learn a bit more about visual merchandising.

Good things come to those who bake! 🎂🍮 Check out the classes you can take at Maine South...⠀
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Culinary 1 🍲🌮🍱⠀
Culinary 1 introduces the skills and knowledge needed to become a competent cook and select the right foods for healthy living. Students will learn to interpret a recipe, measure ingredients correctly and create safe and sanitary working situations. They will develop skills in planning, teamwork, and time management in lab situations, demonstrate proper use and care of equipment, develop ability to select products and understand the principles of nutrition. Students will also hone their ability to critique the food they create.⠀
• Full year ⠀
• Offered to grades 9,10,11,12 ⠀
•Not dual credit ⠀
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Baking and Pastry 🍰🍪🍞⠀
Students will gain hands-on experience by preparing a variety of baked goods such as quick breads, cakes, cookies and techniques for specialty desserts. Students will practice plating eye catching desserts as well as designing and decorating their own custom cakes for a special occasion. Through this course students will earn a certification and receive a dual credit.⠀
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• Full year class⠀
• Offered to grades 10,11, and 12. ⠀
• Dual credit ⠀
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Gourmet Cuisine 🍝🍜🌯⠀
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This dual credit culinary course emphasizes advanced knife skills, culinary principles and techniques utilized in a variety of food preparation. Units will include topics such as advanced preparation techniques, knife skills and cuts, preparation of a vaiety of proteins as well as practical application of seasonings and flavorings to make a comprehensive dish.⠀
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• One semester class (Not full year) ⠀
• Offered to grades 10,11,12⠀
• Dual credit ⠀
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Design a House in Civil Engineering and Architecture! 🏠💻⠀
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Civil Engineering and Architecture Accelerated is offered as part of the Project Lead the Way (PLTW) program sequence. This course provides an overview of civil engineering and architecture, emphasizing the interrelationship of the two fields. ⠀
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Teams of students collaborate on the development of community-based building projects and conceptual design for project presentations. Students use state-of-the-art software to solve real world problems and communicate solutions to hands-on projects and activities. This course covers topics such as the roles of civil engineers and architects, project planning, site planning, building design, project documentation and presentation.⠀
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This class is also DUAL CREDIT and is offered to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. No prerequisite course required!