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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING THE EXETER JOB CORPS ACADEMY ON WINNING THE 2022 RI

PROSTART® HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY ARTS, FOODSERVICE AND HOTEL

MANAGEMENT COMPETITION

     Introduced By: Representatives Casimiro, Price, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Filippi,
Kennedy, Ajello, and Solomon

     Date Introduced: June 07, 2022

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, ProStart® is a nationwide, two-year program that teaches and provides

students with real-world educational and skill-building opportunities in the areas of culinary

techniques, foodservice, and hotel management through a two-year program; and

     WHEREAS, Nationally, approximately 130,000 students from more than 1,700 high

schools in fifty states, as well as Guam and the District of Columbia, enter the program gaining

real-life experience opportunities and practical skills; and

     WHEREAS, Annually, RI ProStart® holds a RI High School Culinary Arts, Foodservice

and Hotel Management Competition that brings together the top ProStart® high school students

from across the State and provides them with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills for

industry leaders; and

     WHEREAS, The 2022 RI ProStart® competition winners were from Exeter Job Corps

and included team members Noah Sacchetti, Auston Van, Omar Morales, Bruce Angelini,

Jeremie Luna, Shane Giroux, Jayden Laracuente, Tyler Lowe, Kim Kellerman, Jasper Rothermel,

Lisha Oakes, and Chef Mark Bennison; and

     WHEREAS, By winning the RI competition, the Exeter Job Corps team earned the

chance to compete in the National ProStart® Competition with the potential of earning coveted

scholarships from the Nation's best culinary and restaurant management programs. This year,

nearly 400 students competed in the national competition in Washington D.C.; and

     WHEREAS, Exeter's Team Dynasty placed 26th out of 42 in the Culinary competition

which "highlights each team's creative abilities through the preparation of a three-course meal in

60 minutes, using only two butane burners, and without access to running water or electricity.

Students are evaluated on taste, skill, teamwork, safety and sanitation"; and

     WHEREAS, Exeter's Team Eagles Nest placed 30th out of 42 in the Management

competition in which each team must "develop a proposal for the next promising restaurant

concept and present it to a panel of industry judges. Their problem solving skills are tested as they

quickly solve challenges faced by managers daily"; and

     WHEREAS, There are always young people who rise above the rest, who dare to dream,

and are willing to endeavor to make those dreams become reality and it is essential and fitting to

recognize their triumphs; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

congratulates and applauds the members of the 2022 Exeter Job Corps team on winning the RI

ProStart® High School Culinary Arts, Foodservice and Hotel Management Competition and

wishes them much success in their future careers; and

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Exeter Job Corps Center.

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