Manor High School Culinary Arts Program
AFWA Grant: $2,000
At only four years old, the Culinary Arts Program at Manor High School has an established catering program, operates a student-run restaurant, and regularly prepares and serves meals to families staying in the Ronald McDonald house.
The culinary arts program has quickly become the largest of the Career & Technical Education programs with 200 certifications each year — a giant accomplishment for the small high school. To prepare students to graduate and enter the workforce, workable equipment and a kitchen redesign is much needed.
The grant funds paid for much-needed equipment, enabling the mostly low-income students a more significant opportunity in their education.