By David Smith / dsmith@siskiyoudaily.com
Even though it serves just 98 students in an economically depressed area, Butte Valley High School in Dorris [CA] is offering more opportunities than ever for those students to expand everything from their creativity to their career options.
Much like an eight person football team – which BVHS fields each year – teachers at the school take on different roles throughout the day. Instead of the star linebacker also being the team’s kicker, an English teacher takes on culinary arts and an academic advisor also teaches pottery.
Culinary arts
The Siskiyou Daily News recently met with teachers at BVHS to learn more about the expanded electives on offer, starting with Kerry Criss’ culinary arts class.
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Meal preparation is only one facet of the instruction, she noted, explaining that kids are also shown how to shop for ingredients they need, and how to make healthy, nutritional choices.
According to Criss, for some students, meals they make in the class might be the only meal those students get for the day, or some might be responsible for cooking their own meals when they get home while their parents are working. To that end, working up from the basics – such as multiple ways to cook an egg – to planning a meal from start to finish can meet the needs of students who must apply the skills now as well as those who might like to pursue a culinary career.
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