Checking Notes and Assessing Table Manners

Here are the sophomores plates after they finished their meal. Check out the knife and fork right next to each other, blade towards the center of the plate, handles at 5:00! Wow!

Today was the first day that we checked notes for Freshmen. They did okay, not great.

With the freshmen and the sophomores we assessed the students' table manners, asking the following questions:

What do you do with your napkin?
Where do you put your napkin if you leave the table during the meal?
Where do you put your napkin after the meal?
Once the meal is served, when is it okay to begin eating?
Which spoon do you use for soup?
How do you eat the soup?
Which fork do you use for salad?
Which fork do you use for the main course?
How do you cut meat and then eat the meat?
How do you eat peas?
Where is the utensil you will use for dessert?
Where do you put your utensils to show you are finished eating?

Do you know the answers to these questions?

The freshmen also began looking at the report on the Achievement Gap in Tacoma. We will be studying that document over the next couple of weeks.

Did you know that in 1969 only 13% of the Tacoma student population were kids of color? Today 51% are kids of color! Also, in 1970, Tacoma School District was the first district in the country to voluntarily desegregate without a court order.