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Lebanon High highlights hands-on culinary program, dual-credit classes with Ivy Tech
Summary
Lebanon High School teachers described a hands-on culinary curriculum that teaches knife skills, whole-chicken butchery, stocks and sauces, and a free dual-credit pathway with Ivy Tech.
Jenny Merritt, a culinary and nutrition teacher at Lebanon High School, described the class’s emphasis on practical skills such as breaking down a whole chicken and using leftovers to make stock. Merritt, who said this is her ninth year at the school, told listeners that students learn cost-saving techniques such as buying and cutting a whole chicken rather than purchasing individual pieces.
Jared Miller, who teaches principles of culinary arts and hospitality at Lebanon High School and the advanced Culinary Arts and Hospitality 2 course, said…
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