Cooking
Cooking (K-5): Twice monthly, every class has an opportunity to prepare an organic recipe made from whole grains, vegetables and/or fruit in the LeConte cooking classroom. Over the course of the year, our cooking teachers, Chefs Kathy and Brenna, guide our students to prepare, cook and taste foods from different cultures, and learn to appreciate the role food plays in traditions and celebrations worldwide.
The Cooking Curriculum is nutrition-based with an emphasis on organic whole grains, vegetables and fruit. Through regularly scheduled cooking classes and utilizing food harvested from LeConte’s own farm and garden, LeConte’s students learn that healthy eating makes healthy bodies and healthy minds.
A healthy diet is the foundation that allows children to perform at the best of their abilities, and lessens the chances of developing serious health problems later in life.
Watch a Cooking Class
Healthy Kids
- Check out these tips from GreatSchools to make fitness part of your routine and make healthy eating easy.
- Other Useful Resources
- California School Garden Network
- The Center for Ecoliteracy
- The Chez Panisse Foundation
- The Ecology Center Berkeley Farmers' Market
- The Edible Schoolyard
- Harvest of the Month
- Network for a Healthy California
- School Lunch Initiative
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
