Project Based Learning Electives provided by the Berrien Springs Virtual Academy
​Birchbank Farm: Gluten Free Cooking                               Fall 2021

​Additional registration at location is required. Click here for instructions.
                          
Grades: 4th grade – 12th grade
Where: Birch Bank Farms, 1826 Platt St, Niles, MI 49107
Instructor: Janine Frizzo
Website: www.birchbankfarms.com
Masks: Required for all classes listed below
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Classes begin Sept. 15

Please visit our website to complete your registration

Gluten Free Cooking 
Wed. 10-11:30am

Class Description: Students will study the effects foreign food has had on our local cuisine while learning how to cook in a gluten free kitchen. Cooking gluten free from scratch does not have to be boring! Learn to substitute like a pro and develop your palette. Optional second semester will be more specific and work with Italian/Michigan styles. Final project will be to develop a menu reflecting your own heritage. Vocational students will be responsible for working with both regular and vocational syllabi.
Syllabus

*Please note: it is important to make as informed a decision as possible when choosing your student's Community Resource classes. Most locations will allow a student to drop a class after one meeting, at no charge if it wasn't a good fit for the student, but not all. Some classes plan ahead based on the number that have signed up and have purchased materials, hired teachers, etc. and there might be a fee for class time or materials given to the student if the student drops after one or two meetings. The school cannot pay for classes that students do not complete, so choose wisely; if you do not take the class off of your student's schedule by the deadline, you may be asked to pay for the class time incurred prior to dropping the class.
 
Teacher of Record:  Lisa Van Plew-Cid