Oyster Bay Middle/High School

Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) education empowers individuals and families across the lifespan to manage the challenges of living and working in a diverse global society. The unique focus is on families, work, and their interrelationships.

Family and Consumer Sciences education has roots in both academic and career and technical education and reaches beyond the educational system into the community as it focuses on the needs of individuals and families. The idea that all aspects of life may be reduced to tasks--making a garment, preparing food, cleaning a room--has been replaced by an emphasis on social structures, knowledge of relationships, and achievement of mutual goals. The Oyster Bay Middle/High School Family and Consumer Sciences program encourages students to develop communication, leadership, management, and thinking skills.