Students enjoy Port Rowan Public School Harvest Dinner

By Jessica Tulpin

Port Rowan Public School’s Harvest Dinner is always a great time for students to come together to prepare a meal and set a table for the school community. This year’s dinner took place on November 19 at the Port Rowan Community Centre.

As always, the younger grades used their creativity to make centrepieces, a banner, and placemats. The middle grades cut onions, peeled and cut potatoes and prepared bread for stuffing. The Intermediates set up tables and chairs and took them down after the dinner.

Valley Heights Hospitality class, taught by Ms. Hevesi, cooked the delicious turkeys. The dinner of turkey and gravy, ham, mashed potatoes, vegetables and rolls was served by parent volunteers.

Bus drivers, the school’s administrative assistant, school administrators and those who lend a hand throughout the school year were invited to share the meal as well.

Students in the older grades were paired with little ones and helped them fix their plates and carry them back to the table.

The annual dinner is a unique school tradition that allows all students to take part in the preparation of the meal. Students sit at the table with a sense of pride knowing they played a role in the success of the dinner.

Many hands worked together to make the dinner happen: from Valley Heights Hospitality class, to parent volunteers, to students from kindergarten to Grade 8. Everyone in attendance enjoyed the food and the fellowship.

Originally printed in The Good News, January 2025.