San Marcos High School announces first ever co-curricular partnership in Santa Barbara
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - From drum beats, to cake batter, students at San Marcos High School are joining forces.
"We're excited to coordinate our efforts with our band program and our culinary arts pathway to develop a featured menu item for our at home sales at San Marcos High," said chef educator Donna Barker of San Marcos High School.
This new collaboration, and what they're cooking up, will be served up just days from now.
"I’m excited for this, because we get more views for our catering, and we also get more money to buy more food and to do fun field trips and stuff," said culinary arts student Nathan Harden of San Marcos High School.
“Raising funds is really important it allows us to do what we do. it allows us to get the materials we need to go to comps and to perform in our show and compete and so it gives us the opportunity to perform and show off our show," said band student Kiela Luke of San Marcos High School.
Students say they’re looking forward to debuting their new food items at this Friday’s football game.
“I’m excited because it may lead to more partnerships and maybe the school will let us sell more goods," said culinary arts student Juan Berumen of San Marcos High School.
While the band practices their drills in the field, the culinary class is making more cupcakes, in what both groups believe is a win-win situation.
“We have a couple different things going on ... we have some people making like a coffee cake and then I’m with a group making chili for a catering event," said Harden.
Organizers of the programs say the community can help support these programs by coming to the football games and buying the new menu items.
“We are so excited to join forces with Culinary Arts and Donna, not only to raise funds for these amazing
programs, but to also give our students the opportunity to work together towards a shared goal,” said Michael Kiyoi, Director of Instrumental Music at San Marcos. “We hope this is the beginning of a long and prosperous partnership for both programs.”
