The Food for Thought Program

The Food for Thought program at PAS North cultivates life skills related to food, nutrition and health. Students will develop English and Math skills in a practical, hands-on setting as they explore the process of getting food from the farm to the table.

Skill development includes:

• Safe food and kitchen equipment handling
• Following recipes
• Problem solving through understanding measurement, proportional reasoning involving rates, ratios and fractions
• Money sense
• Understanding narrative, graphic and informational texts
• Writing summaries, informational paragraphs, series of opinion paragraphs and news reports

Courses:

Students can enrol in 4 credits per semester:

• HFL 3E/4E Food and Nutrition 
• OLC40 Literacy Course
• an essential math credit (various options)
• an essential science credit (various options)

Speak to guidance for more information at 905-455-1225.