Anna, Ning Kit, and Clio preparing food, such great workers
Danielle and Donny baking off food before event
Our school kitchen, students finishing the last touches for Winter Ball catering event for 400 people
Chicken Apple Sausage Pigs on a Blanket and Spanikopita Rolls
Tri Tip Sandwiches served on Soft Baguette with Pesto Aioli
All of my students worked really hard to prepare the food for Winter Ball this year, in January 2012. My three culinary classes made food for 400 people! Everything tasted and looked great. The administrators said that it was the best food that had ever been served at Winter Ball. I couldn't have done it without my students' great cooperation, and dedication. Michelle at Trumpet Vine Catering helped me solidify the menu the students planned, and assured me along the way that we had made enough food. What a great experience!
This was an amazing experience demonstrating the power of mindfulness relaxation practices. I lead my mostly freshman and sophomore basic art class in a 10 minute breathing exercise. This class is generally very well behaved, but I do have a few talkers in it. After the breathing exercise for the rest of the period the students where focused and invested in their art practice. The music you hear is what we were listening to, it was not added afterwords. That's how quite they where being, this was a profound experience for me as a teacher.
These are photos of several pieces I did in a series of 12 large mixed media works, exploring texture, color, and different transferring methods. Looking back on the series I believe now I should have stuck with the abstract work rather than feeling pressured to include literal images of the people I was trying to represent.
Here are a few select photos from a project where the digital photography teacher had her students come over and photograph my classes work. It was wonderful for students to be able to share these art forms together, and see how important photography is in the culinary industry, as well as what a great subject matter food can be to shoot. True cross collaboration within a department.
