Zephyr High School class teaches leadership, life skills
Brownwood Bulletin
ZEPHYR — In Jenna Marwitz’s family and consumer sciences classroom at Zephyr High School, her students were busily happy — or happily busy — as they worked in Marwitz’s kitchen-classroom on a recent morning.
The young chefs baked palate-pleasing cakes and cookies, and whipped up custom-made coffee drinks and other beverages.
“We’ve never made these before. These are espresso cookies,” Marwitz — who is married to Zephyr school superintendent Stanton Marwitz — explained as she stood near a pan of freshly baked cookies.
“We’re trying them for the first time today.”
Emily Miller, Lillie Thomas, and Drew Reynolds. [Photo courtesy of Zephyr ISD Facebook page]The following was posted on the Zephyr ISD Facebook page:
It’s always a whirl-wind leading up to regional conference/competition. Lots of hours are poured into creating projects that display the work our chapter does throughout the year.
The kids put a ton of work into their projects and it shows! This is only our second year as a chapter and have had state advancements both years, went to nationals last year and we are working hard to get to nationals this year!
These FCCLA projects and competitions pull them out of their comfort zones, promote leadership, teamwork, speaking skills, and much more. The projects also encourage them to think of others, be a problem solver, to be part of the solution, make the lives of others better, and the list goes on!