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School, they have implemented such an opportunity, called ProStart. “I like cooking, like I like


cooking all the time,” Paige Bak- ken, a student at NBHS and in ProStart, said. “I’m usually more into sweets though, so I’m usu- ally the baker when I’m in here.” ProStart is a culinary pre-


class that follows a national cur- riculum written by the National Restaurant Association. This is the program’s first year, and it has received positive feedback from the students, although it has been a learning curve for both Amy White, head teacher for ProStart and in Family and Consumer Sciences, and her stu- dents. In addition to the academic


side of the class, the students will host mock restaurant situa-


tions and bake sales for teachers, students, and the public. In these situations they are required to employ some of their knowledge and skills, while also working as a team. “We work kind of like a fam-


ily, like at the end of a bake sale or something we’ll sit down af- ter cleaning, take the leftovers, and actually have a chef’s meal,” Bakken said. “We all sit down and talk about our day and cool off. That’s probably my favorite part about being in here too.” NBHS currently is the only


high school that has this class, but TC Roberson will be adding its own ProStart Program, ac- cording to White. NBHS offers ProStart I and ProStart II for their students. The second level of this class guides the students into studying more advanced skills, more of the hospitality in- dustry, sustainability, standard accounting practices and how to build restaurant


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marketing and the menu, and global cuisines, according to the school’s website. “For me I really want to, be- cause for my future, I’m going to Johnson and Noel University after I graduate,” Alex Barron, a senior at NBHS and in ProS- tart, said. “Just going into culi- nary arts.” The program focuses on teaching students


everything from mastering culinary tech-


niques, safety and sanitation in the cooking and serving the food, to good customer relation skills, management, and food service cost, according to White. Through the class the students can take the exam for and earn the ServSafe certificate, a cer- tificate usually seen at manager


levels. “Some of these students might


not go on to culinary school or work at a restaurant, but if it’s something that gets them inter- ested in the school day and they are in a class they really enjoy learning. To me, that’s a suc- cess,” White said.


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