Our Little Chefs SPICE Club:  (Special Program Institute for Culinary Excitement) will give you the support, guidelines and manuals to start a beginning cooking class and then graduate to more advanced classes—preparing meals as they develop more proficiency in the kitchen.  Studies and practical experiences range from basic cooking and food preparation to interna- ional cuisine, edible gifts, entertaining family and friends and exposure to careers in the hospitality industry.  The culinary classes support daytime learning and practical life skills through integration of math (measuring ingredients and altering recipes), literacy (reading recipes and directions), social studies and culture (preparation of foods from around the world).  We will also teach proper kitchen sanitation and safe food handling as well as instill the importance of proper hand washing techniques to prevent the transmission of food borne illness and infection.  Parent/family workshops are available in both Spanish and English, covering bacteria education and safe food handling.  According to a recent study at Harvard University, more than 50% of food-related illness is contracted in the home, not in public places.   Parent training, in Spanish and English, leading to ServSafe certification of completion is offered as well. 

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All CSE clubs and representatives will help you organize an “Environmental Awareness Day” and make presentations to students, parents and staff in the District’s schools about the importance of maintaining a safe environment, with the goal of helping everyone they come into contact with to engage in safe daily practices and to become better citizens of the world.  It ultimately is a FUN FUND-RAISING DAY FOR EVERYONE. For More Information on Organizing your own Local Environmental Day