The Annual Scholarship Auction Dinner’s goal is to raise dollars for culinary programs, general scholarships and other needs identified by the board. For this event, Culinary Arts students prepare an enticing selection of items displayed artfully throughout the cafeteria. Dinner guests move about the room sampling from every station. The event seats up to 250 guests and often features scholarship winners and other speakers. This year the theme is Provence; the French Country Side.

Event Sponsors

PREMIER:  
   
  Boeing  

GOLD:



TABLE:
King and Bunny’s Discount Appliance and TV

IN-KIND:
Kent Reporter
Renton Reporter
Chris Jewell
Aramark

The Childhood Matters conference helps to educate professionals in the field of Early Childhood Education and is the vehicle through which the Foundation is building an Endowment and providing scholarships to support students seeking careers in Early Childhood Education. This serves the dual purpose of workforce development and enhancing professional’s knowledge and the advancement of the profession. 400 educators attended this year’s conference where over 30 sessions were offered including a broad range of topics such as The Language Of Music, Room To Move, Giving Tough Feedback To People You Like, Early Brain Development, Discipline and Guidance, Taming Transitions, Children Are The Curriculum and Science Safari. Participants received 5 STARS credits -- the Washington State continuing education requirement for early child hood educators, of which they must earn 10 annually.

Sponsors and contributors of the conference include: The Boeing Company, Educational Training Partners, Saltwater Zapf, Child Care Resources, Division of Early Learning, Bright Horizons, Foundation for Early Learning, South King County AEYC, Lakeshore Learning Materials and Kaplan School Supplies

The 2010 Childhood Matters Conference will be held on Saturday, April 24th at Renton Technical College.  Click here for more information and to register.

The Culinary Arts Graduation Dinner is an opportunity for the graduating Culinary Arts students to display their talents in a culminating 5 - star dinner. The students plan this event completely; they create the theme, choose the menu and prepare the multi-course meal. Each course is listed in the program with a description by the student who created it. This event seats 100 guests and will be held on June 11th, 2010.

Event Sponsors

PREMIER:

   Boeing      

GOLD:



TABLE:
King and Bunny’s Discount Appliance and TV

IN-KIND:
Kent Reporter
Renton Reporter
Chris Jewell
Aramark

The Annual Golf Tournament, raises dollars for a welding scholarship, alumni scholarship and helps fund on-campus activities such as faculty/staff awards and employee appreciation events. Sponsors include: C.K. Worldwide, D&B Welding Supply, Lincoln Electric, Parabs, Dragon Welding, Vince’s Coffee, Genie, Trade & Associations, Fatigue Technology Inc., Kent Oxygen, Jorgensen Forge, Foster BJJ and Miller Domestic Sales.