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Top Chef Jr.: L.I.F.E. lessons at USD 428
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Brock Funke, Park School technology coach and Leadership Club sponsor, is assisted by a young club member as they prepare food recently for the USD 428 Board of Education. - photo by Courtesy photos
They may not realize it, but eight Park Elementary School students could be training for “Top Chef Jr.” And even though there were no actual judges, USD 428 school board members treated to a recent meal provided by the Park Elementary School Leadership Club judged it a hit.Brock Funke, technology coach who doubles after hours as a cook, said club members have been in the kitchen helping him since the fall of 2016.Funke was asked to cook for the Literacy Integrated Family Engagement (L.I.F.E.) program by its coordinator, Cristina Ingram. “I was already a sponsor for the Park Leadership Club and just decided to combine the two on the nights we had the L.I.F.E. program,” Funke said. “The L.I.F.E. program is once a week,” he said.