Welcome to Consumer Education! My name is Judy Bretl. I am the Consumer Education teacher here at Lakeview Junior High School. This is my thirteenth year teaching at Lakeview and my eighteenth year teaching Consumer Education. I graduated from Illinois State University with a Bachelor's degree in Home Economics and received my Master's degree and teaching certificate from Northern Illinois University. I am delighted to be teaching here at Lakeview.
Consumer Education is a Family and Consumer Science course designed to help middle school students learn the life skills they need to be responsible, productive family and community members. The primary objective of this program is to help students meet the challenges of daily living while providing laboratory experiences that foster leadership and group skills.
For the first rotation, the sixth, seventh and eighth students are participating in Personalized Nutrition and Food Preparation Boot Camp.
Most of our coursework will be done in class. We will have very little homework due to the “hands-on” nature of our classes. Your child will use the textbook Discovering Food and Nutrition in class. If necessary, students may check out a textbook from me in order to make up work. I am available before school each morning at 8:00 a.m. and during Flex “B” on Tuesday and Thursday..
