Everyone knows food costs have gotten REALLY expensive!
Wekiva Culinary funds 70% of the raw supplies used by students during the year. The remaining 30% is provided by students and goes directly toward purchasing each student a chef coat, providing supplies, and ordering the food and raw materials students work with in the teaching kitchen.
- All Culinary Arts 1 students are responsible for a one-time payment of $75 – about $5 per lab.
- All Culinary 2 students are responsible for a one-time payment of $115 – about $5 per lab.
- All Culinary 3 & 4 students are responsible for a one-time payment of $150 – about $5 per lab.
SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE. IF THE CULINARY FEE CREATES DIFFICULTY FOR YOUR FAMILY, PLEASE REQUEST, FILL OUT, AND RETURN THE SCHOLARSHIP FORM. WE WANT EVERYONE WHO IS WILLING TO DO THE WORK TO BE ABLE TO REMAIN IN THE PROGRAM.
METHODS OF PAYMENT:
Online: Parents and guardians are encouraged to use School Pay to make their student’s contribution. Here are the links for each class:
CULINARY 2 & 3 $115.00 per year
Cash or check: For parents and guardians who would prefer to pay by cash or check, please enclose your program donation fee in an envelope, seal it closed, and sign your name over the seal. Your student will be issued a receipt. Please ask your student for that receipt when they get home from school for record keeping purposes.
Scheduling later payments: We understand that some student families may prefer to postpone payment or to make arrangements to split up the donation over the course for the school year. Please contact your student’s chef to make arrangements at christopher.bates@ocps.net, matthew.makransky@ocps.net, or brook-lynn.mitchell@ocps.net.
SCHOLARSHIPS:
If a student’s family would like to donate an additional amount for the Culinary Arts Scholarship fund to help another student to take part in the program, please make the notation below and email Chef Bates for information on getting a tax credit or other acknowledgement.
A limited number of needs-based scholarships are available. We don’t want ANY STUDENT to withdraw from the program due to lack of funds. If you would like more information about applying for this scholarship, please email Chef Bates.