Mr.
John Monroe (center), Chairman of the Sparkleberry
Country Fair Board of Directors, and Dr.
Arlene Bakutes, Director of Grant Initiatives, recently presented the
winners of the Sparkleberry Country Fair Grants their part of the $23,000
raised at the fair for educators and their students. Jennifer Bartell (left), SVHS English
instructor, entered “Who
Determines Our Identity?” which is a project that responds to the
#WeNeedDiverseBooks crisis in our country. In this unit, students will explore
aspects of their own identity and explore the identities of diverse characters
in children's books. Then students will write their own children's books and
read them for middle school students. Theresa
Formyduval (right) , SVHS
Culinary Arts Instructor, entered
“Farm to Plate Production” which includes various cooking and processing
techniques to increase the quality of food products the students learn to
prepare. The student will be studying food production and how to prepare and
preserve foods from the farm that are nutritious and of high quality using
dehydrators and canners.