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Thursday, February 3, 2022
The View From Here
There is an em- barrassing confession I am going to make. I was never on time to school.
I re-
member having to walk to school during my fresh- men year at Sanger High School. I would often times wakeuplateandbeina rush to leave the house on time. I would walk my fastest to class but hardly ever made it.
I never liked being late; because my first class was always one of my fa- vorites. It was a Hom-Ec class, or cooking class. I remember making some really good dishes in that class.
One of the first things we learned how to bake was Lemon Meringue pie. I also remember my cook- ing teacher, telling us that when we washed dishes to wash the pans that had been used to cook eggs in cold water. If we washed the dish in hot water it would re-cook the egg.
Not sure how much I believed that, but it’s something I think about each time I’m going to wash a pan that I’ve used to cook eggs.
When I walked onto the Reedley High School cam- pus on the evening of Jan. 27 to cover the school's open house for one of their newest culinary class- rooms, these were the thoughts that flooded my mind. Somehow, my cur- rent experiences seem to make me flash back to my personal and similar ex- periences. Other than my consistent tardiness, my cooking class was rather enjoyable.
I had the opportunity to talk with Daniel Bueno. He is the cooking instruc- tor for the culinary class. He told me he teaches more than 100 students peryear. Duringtheopen house, guests were able to see the new appliances and even sample some of the student made food.
Congratulations to the students! Looking forward for more invites and tast- ing some more of your de- licious food.
Next week I’ll be talk- ing about the career and college expo that was held earlier this week at Reed- ley High School. What a great event that was. I met students with the schools video production class and they told me about a YouTube show they have called RHS Connection. Stay tuned!
By Juanita Adame
Mid Valley Times
Daniel Bueno is in his sixth year of teaching the culinary class at Reedley High School,. He said the recent remodel of what used to be the school's Home Economics classroom has given him and his stu- dents so much more to work with and learn from.
“We have completely re- vamped the entire classroom, what we’ve done is we’ve moved away from the 1970s, 1980s hom-ec department” Bueno said on the evening of Jan. 27. “We now have a new advanced culinary facility.”
The school had an open house to celebrate the re- model. The classroom now has state-of-the-art equipment for students to use.
“When the building was getting remodeled we had to be in the library,” said Sidney Lopez.
Lopez is a junior at Reed- ley High and said she has
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Culinary Class now ready for RHS students
MVT Staff Report
Sanger High School se- niors and parents are re- minded that scholarships for college now are avail- able from the Foundation for Sanger Schools.
This year, the founda- tion is offering the follow- ing: two $1,500 scholarships, two $2,500 scholarships, one $3,500 scholarship and two $5,000 scholarships.
Students attending a ju- nior college, a four year fully accredited college or univer- sity, or an accredited trade school may apply.
Application can be found here: https://www.sanger- foundation.org/.../funding- program...
Applications are due by Friday, March 11. No exten- sions will be offered, and ap- plications must be typed, not hand-written.
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Students of Chef Daniel Bueno's culinary class at Reedley High School posed for a photo during the class open house event Jan. 31 at Reedley High School.
enjoyed taking the culinary class.
“So for the first seven, eight weeks of class we had to be in the library, she said. “We went over safety and sanitation procedures, how to
wash our hands, how to wash the food.”
The class is part of the schools VROP program or Valley Regional Occupation Program. It’s an early college experience for high school
students.
“It feels great mostly for
thestudentsbecausenowthey have a place to call home,” said Fabrizio Lofaro. Lofaro
SEE CULINARY on page A8
St. La Salle School auction on Feb. 5
LEFT: Sixth grade students (from left) Marissa Sanchez, Victoria Alanis, Rocio Ruiz and Liv Delport held up the Class of 2024 banner that was made for St. La Salle Catholic School's 2022 Silent Auction. The silent auction runs from Feb. 4 through Feb. 9. For more informa- tion on the auction, see the display ad on page A8 or call the school at (559) 638-2621.
ABOVE LEFT: Eighth-graders Megan Sosa, Bridget Rivas and Abraham Garcia stand with the classes homemade bench that has been donated for auction.
ABOVE RIGHT: Preschoolers Nayah Raya, Alexandra Juhan and Ace Carmona point out their artwork on the preschool class frame that will be up for auctioned.
Scholarships are available to Sanger High seniors
Photos by Jon Earnest / Mid Valley Times Photo of the Week
Dinuba Chamber awards dinner set for Feb. 18
Mid Valley Times
The Dinuba Chamber of Commerce is now accepting nominations for their annual chamber awards dinner on Friday, Feb. 18.
The chamber is asking anyone who would like to nominate an honoree to visit their website SurveyMon- key.com. Ticket price infor- mation will be posted on the chamber website soon.
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This photo of 6 month old Ezra Gaitan at In-N-Out was sent in by his mother, Ashley Gaitan Have a photo you'd like featured? Email juanita@midvalleypublishing.com