03/14/2026
Yesterday our 1st Year ProStart students were able to play a part in the History Department's 1st (hopefully annual) Renaissance Faire!
It is incredibly important for our young people to learn to think outside of their own traditions and cultures. Sometimes that is incredibly difficult to learn from a book alone, especially when it comes to nutrition, food customs, and hospitality.
When Mrs. Mitchell asked if we would like to join in on this adventure in some way, the 2nd Year students and Mr. Bowen immediately went into planning mode. What better way to bring bookwork to life?!
Mentored by their upperclassmen peers, groups of 1st Year students spent time learning cultural foods of not only a different country, but of a whole different time period, so they could be "vendors" in their marketplace!
2nd Year students got firsthand experience in coaching and leadership while their assigned groups of 1st Year students developed their historical research, menu and recipes creation, food preparation, and customer service skills.
What an amazing experience! Great job everyone!!