Every year around the holidays, the staff of KRHS cook a turkey dinner with all the trimmings in their cafeteria and serve it up for students, bus drivers, maintenance staff and community elders. This year’s meal took place Thursday.
It’s a ritual meant to bring a little sunshine, cheer and holiday spirit for those who might otherwise be lacking them, said Jaime Cole, the school’s Santa-hat-sporting principal.
“I think we’ve really tried to focus on making the month of December a really good experience for students here – because sometimes things are busy and hectic at home. For different reasons December can be a hard month for families,” said Cole.
This year’s meal was a little different in that the school’s new culinary program helped prep the meal by cutting up vegetables and making dessert.
About 190 meals were served this year.
Every year around the holidays, the staff of KRHS cook a turkey dinner with all the trimmings in their cafeteria and serve it up for students, bus drivers, maintenance staff and community elders. This year’s meal took place Thursday.
It’s a ritual meant to bring a little sunshine, cheer and holiday spirit for those who might otherwise be lacking them, said Jaime Cole, the school’s Santa-hat-sporting principal.
“I think we’ve really tried to focus on making the month of December a really good experience for students here – because sometimes things are busy and hectic at home. For different reasons December can be a hard month for families,” said Cole.
This year’s meal was a little different in that the school’s new culinary program helped prep the meal by cutting up vegetables and making dessert.
About 190 meals were served this year.
Grade 12 student Alex Phillips said he and his peers appreciate the event.
“It’s lovely, it’s really tasty and it’s great to see everyone come together and do all this work together and serve such a wonderful community. It’s also great that it’s not just the school, it’s also some seniors from the community, so we all come together and have a wonderful meal – it’s just very heartwarming and very familial,” said Phillips.
One of those community members was Orville Dawson, who attended with a number of his friends from the Borden-Carleton Seniors Club.
“It’s lovely, I love it – getting together with the young people and having a bit of community,” he said.
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