Tuition: 335
Course: Breakfast, Lunch, Appetizers/Snacks, Dinner, Dessert: What are your favorite meals of the day? What are your favorite tastes? Each day this week we’ll feature a particular time-of-day menu and on that day we’ll prepare a variety of those dishes. Breakfast might include pancakes or frittata. Lunch could be soups, salads, or sandwiches. Perhaps for dinner we’ll have Italian risotto, a taco tuesday, or a casserole delight. Desserts will likely feature fruits, along with chocolate, cream, and lots of spices. And snacks might be dips, chips, smoothies and more.

Instructor: Mary Barber began her work in education before her formal training as a teacher. After college she opted to take a job at SOAR, an outdoor education summer camp and boarding school nestled in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
During her two years there, she was in charge of a summer program for ADHD and LD youth ages 8 - 10. This program had the unique aspect of backpacking with llamas! The campers hiked, whitewater rafted, and rock climbed during their 10-day course in addition to the Llama Trek. She was a field instructor at the boarding school during the Fall and Spring, which meant that Mary and a partner took a group of eight students (ages 12-18) all over the country, and even internationally, to explore the great outdoors. In between rock climbing, whitewater rafting, snorkeling, and canoeing excursions, she taught English, Science, and Math to her students.
After these wonderful adventures, Mary elected to attend Duke University in Durham for her Masters in the Art of Teaching. She had the opportunity to intern for 28 weeks in Durham Public Schools, teaching sophomores and juniors. Because of her internship, Mary was able to take on a long-term substitute position at Riverside High School in the Exceptional Children Department. She worked for over two months leading a sheltered class for students with severe exceptionalities. Working with populations such as these has always been a passion for Mary and she was very grateful for this wonderful opportunity.
Mary came to CFS’ Upper School as a language arts teacher in 2018 from a local charter school. She spent her time there immersing her students in the Project-Based Learning approach to education. A priority for Mary is to make learning apply to the contemporary world, and to her students' lives, through interactions with texts and experts. Mary’s goal is simple: to bring experiential education into the classroom. Through projects, group work, nature study, and "hands-on" work, she hopes to make subjects come alive for her students.