Table Time
Meet Chef Keith
Chef Keith is responsible for building the Firefly nutrition program and comes to Firefly with years of experience working in kitchens and managing restaurants. He is also the star of the show at our family style lunch where he serves each child breakfast and lunch, everyday. In addition to ensuring the high standards of our food program, Chef Keith has also successfully encouraged Fireflies to explore new foods even when “new foods” really just means “vegetables”. Chef Keith ensures that our meals are well rounded, highly nutritious, and appealing to the even the pickiest Fireflies. The Fireflies know that when Chef Keith shows up, one of their favorite parts of the day has arrived.
Table time is learning time!
Firefly Community School offers breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack to all Fireflies. Because we believe that children are always learning, no matter what is happening, table time is also a time for learning. While eating, Fireflies are invited to use cups without lids, forks and spoons, and to stay seated and use their table times manners. Table time manners include learning about what it means to use your table time voice. What we love is how happy and relaxed students appear to be while enjoy their meals with friends. Do we have spills from our cups without lids? Yes. Do things get dropped on the floor? Is vegetable cheese soup day hilarious? Yes and Yes!
At Firefly we believe that the job of childhood is exploring to build necessary skills for “big kid life” and we are happy to do the work required to see our students grow!
*expectations for table time are adjusted for age appropriateness.
