Mercersburg+Academy

MERCERSBURG ACADEMY

Ford Dining Hall

This dining room has 58 tables that seats 10 people. The kitchen staff serves over 600 people per meal. Our students prepare the tables for their noon time meal. From putting on the tablecloths to each piece of silverware, our students accomplish a huge job each week.

This is a valuable resource to teach and learn the importance of teamwork. Each students learns to do their part so the entire job gets done quickly. Without teamwork this job would be overwhelming. It takes our team of 6 to 8 students a little over 2 hours to do this job. We have 2 teams of students going here on different days.





Each student is assigned a job. For example, student A will be given the job of putting on spoons. Student A will get the supplies that are needed to preform this job such as gloves and spoons. Then the student will place the spoons in the correct spot at each setting and double check that the spoon is clean. Jobs are rotated each week so each student has the opportunity to learn each part of the entire job.



After lunch, our students assist the dining room staff by helping to collect any dirty items left behind by the diners. The dishes are returned to the dishroom and tables are started to be prepped for the next meal.





Students, also, help with the laundry. They learn to use commerical size washer and dryer, as well as loading and running the machines. Working as a team helps get these long tablecloths folded neatly and quickly.