The Rainforest Cafe

I have always meant to scrap this particular project of M.I.'s Prep class, but never got around to doing it. It is such an awesome project of the class that I wanted to give it special attention.

Teacher Ma-anne's Prep class wanted to make a difference in the protection of the environment. This, by the way, was the class' theme for their Portfolio Night last quarter. Anyway, the class needed to raise funds and the best way they could do it was to put up a RAINFOREST CAFE.

For one hour in school, the Prep class would be selling food for recess. The class made their posters, the visited other classes to invite them to come to the Cafe, they even did the cashiering! Raine was a cashier since she was Math-Smart :)

Journaling reads:

The Rainforest Cafe was staged by the Prep Class to raise enough funds to buy seedlings for donation to the La Mesa Dam Project and the Haribon Foundation.The children used their art smarts to draw posters; their people smarts to invite other classes to the Cafe; and their math smarts to do the actual cashiering of the Cafe! With the whole school’s support, the Prep class was able to donate 3,000 seedlings to help our environment!

The Prep had several food items lined up for their Cafe! And the best part was that the ENTIRE school participated! The kids from other levels were clamoring to line up and buy the interestingly-named food from the Prep class :)

Journaling reads:

The pictures on the left show the food available at the Rainforest Cafe. There were Frog’s Eggs (siopao); Insect Cupcakes; Worms in Dirt (Gummy Worms); Mammal Cookies; Chocolate Chip Cookies; Snake Gum (bubblegum); and Beetle Wings (potato chips). Not shown are the Banana Split, Tree Bark (Nova chips), and Rainforest Juice on Ice (snowcones). The Cafe was SOLD OUT in 30 minutes!!!

TTFN!