Mother’s Day Baskets

May 14, 2012

Our Food Art 11 class made gift baskets for Mother’s Day. The baskets were filled with an incredible selection of gifts from the kitchen: almond roca, blubarb jam, turtle chocolates, chocolate suckers, cookie dough, bath candies, bath bombs, body lotion, minute manicure, and much more. Everything was hand made and assembled with love. Each students left class with a beautiful gift for Mom, or any women that played a significant role in their lives 

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Sandwich Buffet

May 1, 2012

Our grade 9s enjoyed making a variety of party sandwiches: mini burgers, pizza canapés, wraps, quesadillas, and much more

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Bread Making 101

April 12, 2012

Mrs. Ramsden and her Food Art 11 enjoy an afternoon of bread making. Nothing beats the smell of homemade bread!

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Cake Boss: JH Style

March 30, 2012

Mrs. Hewett’s grade 11s enjoy designing, baking and decorating their own cakes.

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Past-a-licious

February 27, 2012

Our grade 10s spent a double block cranking out handmade pasta.While they perfected their stuffed Agnolotti, you could smell a scrumptious marinara sauce simmering on the stove – ahhh, the aroma of fresh basil.

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Pizza Pizzazz

February 21, 2012

Our new semester is well underway. Mrs. Hall’s grade 8s are learning to make pizza, and  Mrs. Ramsden’s grade 10s are learning to make pizza pockets. Anything to do with pizza is always a big hit with the students.

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Cartoon Cakes

January 22, 2012

Mrs. Hall and Ms. Kim’s grade 9 Foods students completed their unit on cakes with cake decorating. Each student made a cartoon cake, and each class made mountains of brightly coloured frosting. They were given some basic instruction on how to work with straight tips and star tips.  You can see from the photos that they all made some incredible works of art – almost too good to eat!

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Let them eat cake!

January 22, 2012

The  grade 9s made marble cake, pineapple upside down cake, and coffee cake. The smells coming from our wing of the school were amazing!

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Pasta perfection

January 22, 2012

Mrs. Hall and her grade 8s made Rotini Roma and Cheese Twists (pasta with a meat sauce and a spicy cheese biscuit). It was their first chance to prepare a full meal, and they did a fantastic job. Also, everything was ready to eat right before lunch – now wasn’t that great timing!

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Poultry takes a pounding!

January 12, 2012

Wow! Mrs. Hewett and her Foods 11 class really did give those chicken breasts a beating. A full meal was made which included: Chicken Kieve (chicken breasts flattened and stuffed with butter, chives, and parsley), a vegetable medley, and parmesan rice.

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Sew much to do…

January 11, 2012

Our textiles classes have students with all levels of skills and abilities, and look…we even spotted our Athletic Director Mr. Duncan.  The man can work a serger?? What other talents are you hiding Mr. Duncan?[slidesho

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Crazy about Cream Puffs

January 11, 2012

Our grade 9s have just finished their pastry unit and will be starting cakes this week. You can tell they are enjoying every last drop of that chocolate and whipping cream.

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