Rain Forest in the Mt's of TN

I am always amazed and thrilled how creative students are when given a challenge. Their creativity is an inspiration!

There are two rooms that make up the FACS department. The Foods Lab and then a Textile Lab room. For our teacher luncheons the Textile Room is transformed into a dining room.

Having a separate dining area serves two purposes, one, the teachers have an opportunity to sit and eat lunch in a pleasant, non-classroom setting, while being served. Two, it allows the students that are working in the kitchen, the opportunity to prepare food, clean up, and have last minute instructions(yep, by me!) without interrupting those that are dining. It's a Good Thing!

Today's luncheon was a success!

Students worked diligently to set the rain forest atmosphere for the dining room and the food that was prepared was tasty!

Do you see the monkeys that are hanging from the grapevine? They brought in stuffed animals from home for this design.

I think it's beautiful!
On the menu:

Bleeding Chicken

(BBQ chicken)

Safari Burger

(Sloppy Joes)

Jungle Mush

(potato salad)

Monkey Beans

(baked beans)

Jungle Juice

(sweet tea, lemonade)

Volcano Cake

(made from scratch chocolate cake, with home made fudge sauce and a scoop of ice cream)

YUM!

The students came up with the names of each of those food items. I hope I am remembering them correctly.
Next week we are having an open house. It is an opportunity for the CTE Department to show off the talents and skills of our students. If you happen to be in the neighborhood, drop by on Wednesday from 9:00 to 11:00.

I'm sure you will be impressed with all the hard work.

I know I am.

Enjoy your weekend!

XOXO

Theresa