Thursday, January 19, 2017

THE BISTRO: MORE THAN JUST FOOD

By JOHN STEINMANN

JOHN STEINMANN FOR WIZARD WEEKLY

Every Friday morning in room 162, the Washingtonville High School Aspire students host the  highly anticipated Breakfast Bistro. This bistro serves delicious breakfast food and treats from 7:30 through 10:15 in the morning. Students, teachers, and volunteers alike cook the food in Ms. Hall’s kitchen to sell for very reasonable prices. Some of the more popular items on the menu that most people go in looking for are the cinnamon buns, breakfast burritos and fresh baked cookies. Don't skip out on breakfast; come down to room 162 during a free period or before class.  Go quickly before the shop closes!

The Breakfast Bistro started up in September of 2009, about a year after Washingtonville’s Best Buddies Program came into being. Mrs. Girton, one of the teachers in charge of the Breakfast Bistro claimed that it started as a way to give the Aspire students “real world experience.” She also declared that,  “They [students in the class] could sit and do work sheets all day, but this was a better way of teaching them. The students all rotate positions in the room every few weeks so they get to experience all the jobs.” Mrs. Girton also went on to explain how the bistro teaches important job skills such as food preparation, inventory, customer service, and money management which all students should learn before graduating and entering the real world.  The bistro is also another way for the Aspire students to interact with the rest of the school. 


Of course, the Aspire students are not the only ones who benefit from the Breakfast Bistro; many students enjoy stopping in for food on Friday mornings. One of those students, senior Dylan Sanchez, said that kids look forward to eating at the Breakfast Bistro and that “it’s a fun way to contribute to the school funds while eating an array of treats with friends.” Dylan also went on to say his favorite thing to get at the Breakfast Bistro are the cinnamon buns which are many students’ favorite.  Go down to room 162 to see how you can help or simply get a bite to eat.

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