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AACT Culinary Students Help Raise Money for Hurricane Relief Efforts
On Thursday, September 21st, the American Culinary Foundation High Sierra Chef’s Association hosted a fundraiser dinner to support relief efforts for those affected by this year’s devastating hurricanes in Texas, Florida, and the Caribbean. To assist with this event, the Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology (AACT) sent a team of 9 students from their school’s Culinary Academy.
AACT’s students, led by instructor Chef Fred Wright, helped out with the event’s setup, dishing plates and table service, as well as cleanup and breakdown. Aside from allowing them to directly apply their skills to benefit others, Chef Wright’s culinary students were also able to work and interact with our region’s local chefs and groups including the American Culinary Foundation (ACF), BJ’s Barbeque, Renown and the VA Hospital, Brother’s BBQ, and Chefs Michelle Palmer and Karl Peters.
AACT is an accredited American Culinary Foundation (ACF) institution, the only accredited school in the state of Nevada, and one of only 10 such schools on the west coast. As a result, AACT regularly partners with the ACF in supporting its events and giving back to the community.
Developed from start to finish over the course of just two weeks, the evening raised more than $5,000, with 100% of the proceeds going to the American Red Cross and Mercy’s Chef. From this event AACT was grateful to receive from the ACF the donation of a specialized piece of cooking equipment called the “Control Freak,” in addition to the opportunity for its students to put their learning into practice. When asked about her favorite part of the event, freshman culinary student Ann Edano said, “I liked working with local chefs. I’ve always wanted to be a head chef or own a restaurant, but after getting to talk to some of them I now want to do catering.” Freshman Esperanza Lopez also had a positive experience, saying “it was eye opening for catering, and to see how it works. It was nice experience to have as a culinary student of AACT. Getting your degree is important, but in culinary it’s nice to also have experience under my belt."
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AACT’s students, led by instructor Chef Fred Wright, helped out with the event’s setup, dishing plates and table service, as well as cleanup and breakdown. Aside from allowing them to directly apply their skills to benefit others, Chef Wright’s culinary students were also able to work and interact with our region’s local chefs and groups including the American Culinary Foundation (ACF), BJ’s Barbeque, Renown and the VA Hospital, Brother’s BBQ, and Chefs Michelle Palmer and Karl Peters.
AACT is an accredited American Culinary Foundation (ACF) institution, the only accredited school in the state of Nevada, and one of only 10 such schools on the west coast. As a result, AACT regularly partners with the ACF in supporting its events and giving back to the community.
Developed from start to finish over the course of just two weeks, the evening raised more than $5,000, with 100% of the proceeds going to the American Red Cross and Mercy’s Chef. From this event AACT was grateful to receive from the ACF the donation of a specialized piece of cooking equipment called the “Control Freak,” in addition to the opportunity for its students to put their learning into practice. When asked about her favorite part of the event, freshman culinary student Ann Edano said, “I liked working with local chefs. I’ve always wanted to be a head chef or own a restaurant, but after getting to talk to some of them I now want to do catering.” Freshman Esperanza Lopez also had a positive experience, saying “it was eye opening for catering, and to see how it works. It was nice experience to have as a culinary student of AACT. Getting your degree is important, but in culinary it’s nice to also have experience under my belt."
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Congratulations AACT Students!!
ROVER TEAM: Our Rover Team competed last week in Huntsville Alabama. Our amazing group of students again finished in the top 5 with a second overall finish in the high school division. The students were able to take over a minute off their first time to make the jump into first only to be surpassed by one team to settle on the second place finish. The students worked very hard, make sure to congratulate them on the accomplishment.
HOSA: HOSA competed as well! Our chapter was again one of the top performers! Highlighting the awards was Brian Vargas getting chapter president of the year! HOSA won 7 medals, including 2 golds!
FFA: FFA also competed over break at UNR.
HOSA: HOSA competed as well! Our chapter was again one of the top performers! Highlighting the awards was Brian Vargas getting chapter president of the year! HOSA won 7 medals, including 2 golds!
FFA: FFA also competed over break at UNR.
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National FFA Convention
Indianapolis, Indiana - Congratulations to our FFA students Blake Mahaffey, Austin Davidson, Marikate Lewis (former student) and Erin Hill (former student) who represented the State of Nevada in the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, IN. These students received silver in Agriculture Sales. Tara Reynolds (former student) received Bronze in Prepared Public Speaking.
Human Powered Vehicle Team
Battle Mountain, Nevada - On September 12th, the Human Powered Vehicle Team, supported by Mr. Wilhite, Mr. Judy, and Miss Wayman, went to Lander County to participate in building and producing a human powered vehicle that will potentially break speed records for fastest human on a bike! You can get out and see what this event has to offer by clicking .
AACT Graduate Wins New Car for Perfect Attendance
Reno, Nevada — A graduating senior from the Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology in Reno was awarded a brand-new car on Saturday after achieving perfect attendance. Aurelio Cortes won a 2016 Honda Fit of his choice for not missing a day of school. He was one of more than 175 eligible students who were invited to attend the event where the winning name was drawn, according to an event news release. Click for the video on Fox.
2016 AACT Rover Team Finishes Strong
Huntsville, Alabama - In NASA's annual competition, the AACT Rover Team took home the 2nd consecutive International System Safety Society Award and finished 3rd overall. Congratulations to AACT and the following Rover Team students. Travel Team: Dexter Bush, Christian Oaks, Owen Schenk, Maddie Newcombe, Irene Dehaan, Natalie Fox and Danielle Kiserow. Build Team: Henry Day, Kimberly Aguilar, Turbo Sombatsiri, Patrick Thompson, Kraigon Ladner, James Harney, Travis Troop, Alissa Chavalithumrong, Sarah Ann Wallace, Grace Wallace, Katrina Dutt, Lori Berg, Shannon Palmer, Mimi Hoppe, Miranda Weinert, Gregg Symonnds. Jacob Cole, Cory Starks, Lorenzo Arvisu, Preston Latham, Emily Johnson, Kayla Cerfoglio, Anthony Skelton, Jordan Buxton, Emma Harris, Tiffany Chuong, Nate Newcombe and Deigo Hernandez.
AACT NASA Rover Program
AACT NASA Rover Program: - The AACT NASA Rover Program was featured in online Reno Science and Tech Magazine.