KTIV
By Acacia Phillips
Thanksgiving came a few weeks early when North High School’s ProStart culinary classes created their own Thanksgiving meals.
Each group had to plan out one side dish and then prepare it for class. Their meals could range from traditional to non-traditional Thanksgiving dishes.
Once all the food was ready, all the students got to try each other’s dishes with a big potluck meal.
The project is a way for students to learn how to make these dishes and incorporate some of their own holiday traditions.
“I feel like it brings an opportunity for everyone to try what everyone else likes and has their own preferences. Not everyone’s got the same thing. So like some people might have something different. I have my own thing. It’s better to try everything out than just stick to the same old thing,” said Maxwell Moon, a senior at North High School.
Once everyone had a chance to dish up their food, they gathered around a table and shared what they were thankful for.
This is a tradition teacher Kelsey Miller has continued to do throughout the last six years of the project.
“As cheesy as it sounds, it really does connect the class as a whole and bring us together as a family. And it’s just something I don’t think all of the students do. I don’t do it at Thanksgiving. And so it’s really, it’s a neat experience to hear what everybody’s thankful for. And it’s different. Some of them are thankful for this class, some of them are thankful for their family or the food that we’re eating,” said Kelsey Miller, North High School’s ProStart teacher.
Each Pro Start class also got to choose four teachers they wanted to join them for the meal.