WASHOUGAL — On Feb. 16, students at Washougal High School served their first meals out of the Shoug Shack, the school’s new student-run food truck. The school parking lot transformed into an active mobile learning lab for the first time since the food truck’s official ribbon cutting last school year.
The Shoug Shack is a student-run project, from conceptualization of the food truck to menu development, meal preparation, customer service and more. The experience equips students with experience in entrepreneurship and culinary arts. Career & Technical Education classes like culinary arts combine academic, employability, leadership, and technical skills that help students achieve success in education and life.
“I’m learning a lot about business and how much effort and planning goes into running a small business,” said Drake Leifsen, who is studying advanced culinary arts.
Culinary students at the high school prepared and served a menu of beef kabobs, vegetable kabobs and seasoned rice with apples and milk for the food truck’s inaugural lunch. The culinary arts department at Washougal High School plans to serve meals out of the food truck once a month this school year.
“The food tasted really good,” said student patron Dexter Baca. “I’m looking forward to them doing this more often.”
