Roosevelt Middle School creates a curriculum pathway for students interested in cosmetology
Roosevelt Middle School will begin offering a new cosmetology course for seventh- and eighth grade students this fall, as part of Glendale Unified’s ongoing plan to expand career-technical programs to students in middle school.
School officials chose to start the cosmetology program at Roosevelt Middle School because students who attend that campus will ultimately attend Glendale High School, where there is an established cosmetology program.
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The course will introduce students to learning how to care for skin, hair and nails as they learn about the history of cosmetology and conduct hands-on work.
They will give manicures and pedicures, learn about the principles of infection and how to disinfect and sterilize tools, on top of communication skills necessary for the field.
They will learn the properties of the hair and scalp, study facial shapes and practice hair styling on mannequin heads as part of the curriculum.
Roosevelt educators have sought help from their counterparts at Glendale High to start the middle-school program, said Mary Mason, Roosevelt’s principal.
“Our teacher has visited the cosmetology program at Glendale High School and has collaborated with those teachers to develop the course so that we are providing [a foundation of] grooming skills here at Roosevelt that will lead right into the high-school course,” Mason said.
The school district will also allow students who don’t live within Roosevelt Middle School’s attendance zone to participate in the program, said Kelly King, assistant superintendent of Glendale Unified.
“As students want to participate in any of our [career-technical education] pathways, if it doesn’t happen to be at their home school, they very much can request a special curriculum permit to attend,” King said.
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Kelly Corrigan, kelly.corrigan@latimes.com
Twitter: @kellymcorrigan
