Students pick out the ingredients to make quesadillas in an Intro to family & consumer sciences class at Hinsdale Central High School, which includes cooking, sewing, consumer education and interior design units. | Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media

Allison Kelly learns how to wind thread onto a bobbin in an introduction fo family and consumer sciences class. | Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media

Colleen Sharp (left) and Alanna Wong learn how to wind thread onto a bobbin at Hinsdale Central High School in Hinsdale. | Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media

Megan Timmermann (from left), Ginny Mieczikowsk and Camille Pecken cut up vegetables to make quesadillas at Hinsdale Central High School. | Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media

Lindsay Riker (left) and Lily Booth make quesadillas during a class at Hinsdale Central. In nine-week sessions students learn different skills such as cooking, sewing and consumer education. | Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media

Megan Timmermann cuts up vegetables to make quesadilla. | Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media

Sarabelle Ekechukw puts cheese on a tortilla as she makes quesadillas. | Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media

Lindsay Riker (left) and Lily Booth make quesadillas. | Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media

Students learn how to wind thread onto a bobbin. | Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media

Examples of clothing that can be sewn hand on the wall in an introduction to family & consumer sciences class. | Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media