At a workshop at Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte the
weekend of Nov. 23, Chef Instructor Bou Baker received a ProStart flag
to display in his classroom. Clover was the top school in the Carolinas
to have ProStart students earn their certificates of achievement.
ProStart
is a program for high school students that gives students the
opportunity to learn about the art of cooking and managing restaurants
by training with professional chefs and getting valuable classroom
instruction.
Students can earn certificates after successfully
meeting all of the requirements. They take classes for the first two
years and pass national exams. They also must work in a restaurant or
food service job and clock in 400 hours, 200 of which can be from
working with in-school catering.
Clover had six students earn
their certificates of achievement, two more students than any other
Carolina school. Five of the students graduated from CHS last year: Dain
Christensen, Kenny Dethleuxay, Dalton Faulkenberry, Kenyon Jeffrey and
Julia Riddle. The sixth student to receive the award is Quynh Pham, a
senior at CHS.
