July 2011Teen Etiquette Seminar

Our recent Teen Etiquette Seminar in July was open to teens ages 13-18 and was a great success.  Held at Villa La Rocca, our private residence, eight teenagers learned Social and Dining Etiquette along with Job Interviewing Skills.  

The kitchen island was filled with "teen friendly" and healthy choice foods that included fruit, cheese and crackers , 3-tiered plating of assorted cookies, basket of individual chip bags, granola bars, fresh veggie tray with dip, assorted beverages and water.  

 Bowls of nuts and candies were on the training table and the kids enjoyed the freedom to snack throughout the seminar while respecting the time constraints of covering so much material. 

Above, students take their Preview Quiz at the beginning of class.  Below, they practiced public speaking by drawing a phrase ticket from a bowl and presenting a "one minute speech" to their classmates.

Below, students show their dining skills.

A super fabulous congratulations to all eight well-mannered teens!

Our next Teen Etiquette Seminar will be held over a two-day weekend period with Ages 11-13 on Saturday, September 24th and Ages 14-18 on Sunday, September 25th.  

For this particular seminar, the students will enjoy a Four Course Dinner once the "training table" has been quickly converted to the "dinner table" with the help of my two high school assistants.  They will be serving, removing and cleaning while we work through the dinner/tutorial.