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Dec. 2, 2010
Southern High School, along with schools in eight other Maryland counties, has been awarded a USDA grant of $30,000 to develop, prepare, and test market five days of nutritional meals for school lunches.
The funds will allow students to enroll in the program ProStart and participate in special culinary curriculum. Students will create Culinary and Healthful Enhancement of Foods (CHEF) teams, which will develop the nutritional school lunches.
As the program concludes and the schools share their results, CHEF teams across Maryland will have created a total of nine weeks of student-centric menus that meet nutrition requirements, use local produce and USDA foods (when possible), and are cost effective.
ProStart is a nationwide program that teaches high school students the managerial and culinary skills needed for a career in the restaurant and foodservice industry.
Nationwide, 83,000 students in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam are served by the two-year program.
