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Students Display Culinary Skills During Remote Competition

Heritage Grove Middle School teacher, Kendell Stachelski, hosted a remote competition and asked students to share photos of their creations.

Heritage Grove Middle School seventh grader, Carlos Cisneros, made fried chicken during a remote learning cooking competition in Kendell Stachelski’s family and consumer science class.
Heritage Grove Middle School seventh grader, Carlos Cisneros, made fried chicken during a remote learning cooking competition in Kendell Stachelski’s family and consumer science class. (Photos Submitted by Plainfield School District 202)

PLAINFIELD, IL — With the global pandemic wreaking havoc on normalcy, a Plainfield School District 202 teacher found a way to keep the students engaged at home.

By turning the kitchen of each student into virtual classrooms, Kendell Stachelski, inspired the little chefs to create their own culinary masterpieces in his family and consumer science class.

Here's what the students of Heritage Grove Middle School prepared during a remote competition.

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Veronica Nosek baked and decorated a cake that spelled out FACS, to represent her family and consumer science class.

Jordan Walker made a cake topped with freshly sliced strawberries.

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Madison Bowers made a delectable crème brulee.

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