Innovative Idea Award

Employee Manager Level

Holley Navarre Intermediate

Fine Dining Experience

Sara Rios

Santa Rosa

Region 1

PRESENTS

Fine Dining Experience

Project Purpose/ Description

• Mission-To reward and educate students with

a program that creates a foundation of good

manners and etiquette that will contribute to

their future success.

• Objective

-Expose students to a formal meal setting.

-Improve classroom and cafeteria behavior.

-Build Self confidence and improve social skills.

Attendees• The students that were selected were in the 25 percentile and

at a disadvantage of not meeting their academic scores etc. for

the year.

• The selection of students that were assigned to participate in

the Fine Dining Experience were assigned Success Coaches.

• These coaches followed these students throughout the year to

ensure their success.

• Holley Navarre Intermediate selected a total of 24 plus

students that participated.

• The project is a reward based approach to celebrate the

students hard work and success.

Making it HAPPEN• Planning incorporated during school so no school time is disrupted.

• Etiquette Skills

• Table Manners

• Napkin Folding

• Dress code

• Ice Breakers

• Rehearsal-Time Line

• Dining during lunch

• Location Media Center

Plan..plan..plan..plan..plan..plan..plan..plan..plan..plan..

-Principal and Cafeteria

Manager had a meeting

to discuss possible Fine

Dining Experience at

HNIS.

-Principal on board and

planning is in place.

-Each participant

received a certificate of

completion of manners

and etiquette skills.

Let’s Get GoingEvent Agenda

Day of BIG EventHanging with Assistant

Principal- Mrs. Thompson and Mr. Crane!

Fine Dining at it’s BEST

Watching those elbows. Minding Manners.

Did you share your

idea? Project Results-The Fine Dining Experience resulted in

a significant increase in scores in

students who participated.

-The following school year the County

implemented the Fine dining Experience

as a direct result of higher scores seen

within the project.

The innovative idea was the

first to be implemented in our

state of Florida/County.

Our idea has been shared

with partner counties/

district.

Response Received From Efforts

Special Thanks to the following

Fine Dining Team Members

Chef Kim Cole

Chef Bill McMahon

Chef Roseanne Castro

5th grade Success Students

Administration

Superintendent

Board Members

Sodexo

Success Coaches

Locklin Culinary Arts and Hospitality

Baptist Hospital