Students participate in life-skills classes
Basic Food Prep is a class offered to all grade levels and is a semester long class.
“I took the class because I’m good at cooking but I’m not good at watching the time it takes to cook,” freshman Haley Nottingham said. “I try to learn as much as I can when we take notes.”
In class, students make several dishes over the course of the semester, learn how to make several dishes themselves and how to follow a recipe.
Foods and Family studies instructor Sue Tebo said that the class is separated into units. In each unit, students take notes before doing labs where they make a delicious recipe related to the unit and do a project.
“My favorite thing so far was making the breakfast ring,” freshman Elizabeth Thomas said. “I liked that it had cinnamon and it was super sweet.”
Basic Food Prep is not the only class that teaches a life skill, Family Studies, also taught by Tebo, teaches students how to interact with kids.
“We learn about kid’s behaviors and prepare for the class with the kids,” senior Taylor Lobato. “When they come in we play with them, do art with them, take them to the gym, give them snacks and we read to them.”
In the class, students work with the preschoolers in the high school and learn about their behaviors. This elective is a semester long class open to juniors and seniors.
“I would say my favorite thing we have done is prepare for and play with the preschoolers,” senior Kori Beckman said. “I love the bonds you create with the kids.”
At the end of each week, preschoolers come down to participate in the activities that the students plan.
“The coolest thing a life skills class can teach, is something students can use throughout their lives, its hands-on experiences,” Tebo said.
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