RTS Middle School Welcomes King Arthur Flour Co.
Students baking bread for C.H.O.W.

Something's cooking at Susquehanna Valley's Richard T. Stank Middle School! Actually, something's baking!

Wednesday, November 18, 2009, Paula Gray from King Arthur Flour Company visited the middle school to teach students how to bake bread; and the lessons they learned will help to feed local families this Thanksgiving!

7th and 8th grade students started their day with back to back assemblies at which Mrs. Gray enlisted the aid of a pair of student baking assistants to demonstrate how to make bread - and other goodies - from scratch. Helpers during the first assembly were Ian Lupole, Kate Meade and Kory Harder; second assembly assistants were Linnea Kolanda, Jacob Jackowsky and Katie Kitchen. SEE ASSEMBLY PICTURES HERE!

At the end of the day November 18, each student was given enough supplies to make two loaves of bread at home. The King Arthur Flour Co. supplied two kinds of flour, recipe books, yeast, bread bags and dough scrapers for each student. One loaf is to stay at home and the second loaf is to be returned to school Monday, November 23.  The returned loaves will be donated to C.H.O.W. (Community Hunger Outreach Warehouse).

"I have already had several conversations with the director of C.H.O.W. about this donation and they are excited about it," said RTS Middle School Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) teacher Charlene Reagan. "We are one of only three schools in NY selected for this program."

Mrs. Reagan's FACS Club will be very busy during this project. "Wegman's donated bags for us to fill with supplies for each student. FACS Club members filled the bags and distributed them to students as they left school November 18, and will collect the loaves of bread students bring back," Reagan said. FACS Club members will also be baking additional loaves of bread in the classroom to add to the C.H.O.W. donation.

Here's a link to the King Arthur Flour education website where you can watch some videos of the actual assembly: http://www.kingarthurflour.com/baking/life-skills-baking.html