While providing a good education, NCISD goes
the extra step with the CTE program or Career
Technical Education.
There are currently 15 CTE programs at New
Caney schools, this one, is stirring up a
good future.
On any given day you will find the culinary
students at Porter high school working at
different stations in this massive kitchen.
For many of them, it's a time to find out
exactly what career path they might take.
“We are seeing an increasing number of jobs,
especially in the hospitality community.
We fit the whole spectrum, so a student may
want to just come in and be a restaurant manager,
they may want to be the owner, the executive
chef.
So we get to kind of explore the whole spectrum
of hospitality and ensure the kids are job
ready the second they step out of our program.“
While the kids are looking at their future,
they are busy chopping, mixing, measuring
and making sure each of their weekly projects
are of the highest quality and the best taste.
“It’s just a unique class and it’s more
exciting than just sitting in a classroom.
They actually get to get up and be hands on.
Kids love to eat and they love food, so what’s
fun for us is we get to teach them different
things that they normally wouldn’t make
at home.
It just broadens their horizons and gives
them all sorts of options for their future.
Even if they don’t go into the industry,
they are learning to cook for themselves for
life.
So it’s a great life skill as well.
“
And working on life skills is exactly what
CTE classes are designed to do.
