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EDUCATION A8 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2020 Distance learning creates recipe for tasty homework By JADE MCDOWELL NEWS EDITOR u o Y k n a h T NOV A picture of this butternut squash and apple crisp they made at home for an assignment to cook something with squash in it. a teacher at Hermiston High School, but she is extremely familiar with teaching cook- ing, particularly using Food Hero recipes, after years of visiting schools, teach- ing SNAP education classes to families receiving food stamps and carrying out other educational activi- ties as the Oregon State Uni- versity Extension Service’s SNAP Education coordina- tor for Umatilla and Morrow counties. Under the comprehensive distance learning model that Hermiston School District is using during the pandemic, students have “synchro- nous” learning in the morn- ings when they watch instruc- tional videos or gather with their whole class over video chat for live classes with their teachers. In the afternoons they can work on homework like Treadwell’s food labs or learn in small groups or one- on-one time with teachers. It hasn’t been an easy adjustment, said Treadwell, who is both a teacher and the parent of a student learning from home this year. “I know it’s different, but students here are getting into a routine,” she said. “They’re showing up for their synchro- nous learning, and I’m really proud of what they’re doing.” In addition to cooking labs, Treadwell also teaches them about safe food prepa- ration, knife safety, nutrition, seasonal produce and other topics. Preparing meal kits for about 100 students to pick up can be labor intensive, but Treadwell said she tries to use locally produced ingredients, such as the Third Gen Farms squash, as much as possible. DEC Angela Treadwell/Contributed photos A student sent Angela Treadwell, a family and consumer sciences teacher at Hermiston High School, a picture of this spaghetti squash they made at home for an assignment to cook something with squash in it. NOV For Shopping Local! DEC As most Oregon students learn from home this year, some classes are spilling over into family life. Angela Treadwell, who teaches family and consumer sciences at Hermiston High School, said distance learn- ing for her classes is allowing her students to cook for their family members as a home- work assignment. They com- plete “food labs” using kits of fresh ingredients they pick up from the high school. “One of the values of this is it’s exposing them to new foods, to local foods and to a variety of foods,” she said. Once they made pancakes, another time they made gra- QROD 7KHLU ¿UVW ODE ZDV D simple vegetable omelet in a cup. Most recently, Treadwell provided fresh winter squash from Hermiston-based Third Gen Farms, and let students choose what they made with it. They could choose one of the recipes provided through the free Food Hero website run by Oregon State Univer- sity, or make a family favor- ite. Afterward, students sent photos and a report of how it went, with most sharing their family’s reviews of the recipe. “I seasoned, baked, and pulled apart the squash so nicely that I was actually impressed,” wrote a student who made spaghetti squash. “I’ve never done something like that before and it turned out better than I expected. I had my mom, little brother, and little sister taste it, and they all thought it was deli- cious. My mom didn’t know it was squash until I told her!” The squash was paid for by an OSU Moore Family Center Healthy Community Outreach grant. Treadwell just started as Downtown District 27 BLACK FRIDAY SPECIALS 28 SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY SPECIALS 03 LADIES’ DAY AND FIRST THURSDAY 17 MEN’S DAY SPECIALS Your Downtown Guide to Shopping & Dining Affordable Family Eyewear Alexander Daniel Jewelry Andee’s Boutique Cozy Corner Tavern Goss Family Jewelers Hale’s Restaurant Hermiston Drug and Gift Hermiston Public Library Ivy Med Spa JB Brick Company Lucky Endz Gifts Neighbor Dudes Taproom Neighborhood Books/Gifts Nookie’s/Hermiston Brew Pheasant Blue Collar Bar Sassafras Flowers by Shera Sugar Shack Two96Main Veg Out Wild Goose Design Yo Country Frozen Yogurt Thank you to our Downtown Friends CAR TROUBLE? LOST YOUR LICENSE? DON’T WORRY! WE GOT YOU COVERED! A WORC taxi will get you to and from your job anywhere in western Umatilla County. Anyone who comes in through the end of December, can get four FREE punch cards, which equals 40 one-way rides to/from work. Visit https://hermiston.or.us/public-transit WR¿QGRXWKRZWRVLJQXSDQGKRZ:25&DQGWKH+$57 EXVVHUYLFHZRUNWRJHWKHUWRFRQQHFW+HUPLVWRQ American Printing • Anderson Hansell Anderson Perry • Banner Bank • Barnett & Moro Bendixsen Law, P.C. • Christianson Realty Group City of Hermiston • East Oregonian/Hermiston Herald Greater Hermiston Chamber of Commerce KayC’s Art & Collectibles • KOHU/The Q KRISanthemums • Mailing Made Easy P4 & More • Pioneer Commodities, LLC Simmons Insurance Group Washington Federal Credit Union
