“Chocolate Delight Bakery” is a Success!
May 9, 2012 in Spotlight by John Brougher
Pictured with the students: Back row- Miss Anna Smith, Guidance Counselor, Cindy Strachan, LS teacher, Mark Shipkowski, food pantry volunteer, Chrissy Shaffer, Instructional Assistant, Pat Zentmeyer, Secretary to the School Psychologists.
The fourth and fifth grade students from Cindy Strachan’s learning support class at Robert Reid Elementary had their cookie business up and running again this year. “Chocolate Delight Bakery” sold 110 dozen cookies this year! A special thank-you goes to Mrs. June Martin and the ladies from the Evangelical United Methodist Church, Middletown, PA for baking all of the cookies. Last year some of the profit went to the Humane Society. This year a $300 donation was given to the Middletown Food Pantry. Mark Shipkowski, a volunteer from the food pantry came in to talk to the students about the food pantry and the class gave him their donation. The great thing about doing a project like this is the hands-on learning experience the students get by “owning” their own business. Many academic skills were involved with this project such as reading, math, language arts, and speech/language skills to name a few. The students were excited to be able to give back to their community.
