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Red Hook’s Linden Avenue Middle School cafeteria was transformed into a bustling Mexican restaurant Wednesday night with eighth-graders, dressed in black, darting between tables, balancing plates of tacos and bowls of chips and salsa while classmates assembled orders in the cafeteria kitchen. 8th Grade Spanish students transformed the Linden Avenue Middle School cafeteria into a Mexican restaurant Wednesday night to raise funds for a community kitchen in Mérida, Mexico. (Photo by Claire Greenburger) The event, Cooking for Change, doubled as a fundraiser and cultural learning experience for students in teacher Liz Lowney’s Spanish classes. Over 250 community members attended, helping...
https://www.thedailycatch.org/articles/tacos-with-a-mission-red-hook-eighth-graders-turn-dinner-into-a-lesson-in-giving/
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