Today foods students prepared foods that they will eat tomorrow as we celebrate Cinco de Mayo.  Beef enchiladas were the food of choice, but one group decided to try their hand at churros.

Tomorrow these beef enchiladas will be baked and enjoyed!

Textiles students are hard at work creating their garments that they will share with the public at the Clash of the Arts on May 26.

Ande is working on binding a part of the Zelda costume she is making.

Janina is working on the base for her recycle redesign dress.  Her plan is to cover this with pop tabs.

On April 26, 2016, twenty-six students and community members signed-up to give the gift of life.  The Kettle Falls High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America worked with the Inland Northwest Blood Center to host a community blood drive.  Thank you to everyone who signed up to donate blood.  Every one unit of blood that is donated can save up to 3 lives.  Thank you donors!

During her time in high school, Lauralee has donated over a half gallon of blood, thus potentially saving more than 24 lives!  Thank you Lauralee!

  More donors, who gave the gift of life!  Thank you blood donors!

This week foods students learned about different countries around the world including the cultures, mealtime customs and traditional foods.  They also learned how to prepare a traditional food from the country they studied.  All students in the class got to sample one anothers' cooking and experience foods from around the world.  Countries studied included: China, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, and Mexico.

Cookies from France.

Orange Chicken to represent China.

Six textiles students attended the Fashion Industry Conference in Seattle on April 22 and 23.  While at the conference they competed with their projects and took workshops from fashion industry professionals.

Left to Right:  Gwyn Hanneman competed in Fashion Construction and Recycle Redesign; Ande Schoonover won second place in Recycle Redesign; Calista McCune competed in Fashion Construction; Lexi Sommer competed in Recycle Redesign; Lexy Snyder won third place in Fashion Construction; and Lydia Zaichenko won third place in Recycle Redesign.

Learning how to use an industrial sewing machine. 

Learning how to distress denim. 

Visiting with a Washington State University representative. 

Visiting Pikes Place Market.  

First period Independent Living students and sixth period students both started their cookies today.  These will be what they share with their parents who attend their spring student led conferences.

First period students working on a batch of chocolate chip cookies.

Sixth period cooking team working together to make high quality cookie dough.

Students all dressed up for the banquet.  Retiring officers wear red dresses.

Ande Schoonover competed in Recycle Redesign and earned a silver medal for "FanTABulous Bag" made of pop can tabs, and recycled denim.

State officers Morgan Kinailuk and Sydney Fredrick worked with their fellow state officers to put on the State Leadership Conference for 700 students and teachers from around Washington state.

Advanced student drafting a pattern.

High quality projects begin with precision measuring and cutting.

Thanks to the high school student and community members who donated blood on February 23, 32 units of blood were collected that could potentially save 96 lives!  Good job Kettle Falls!

First time donor exicited to give blood!

Good job Ali!

Students working on Christmas ornaments for the tree.

Students are practicing the design process as they first design and then create high quality ornaments for the tree.

How do you make a high quality snowman?  One step at a time!