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Is it possible to give high school students a "real world" education in two years? Results from OREF's School to Career program tell us it is. ProStart™ is a hospitality education program that combines school-based learning and structured on-the-job experience to provide high quality instruction and unique opportunities for real-world application of skills. Check out the State High School Culinary and Management Championship annual event. ProStart™ prepares students for the adult working world offering them on-the- job experiences before they graduate. Skills learned at the workplace are reinforced through practical classroom instruction from specially trained high school teachers.

Check out the great things our ProStart students are doing!

Bend High School Student Tapped for Future Promise Award
The Oregon Restaurant Education Foundation would like to congratulate Molly Ziegler of Bend High School as the recipient of the Future Promise Award. Read more

Student Success Story: Kaelyn Sharp
Learn about the success former ProStart student, Kaelyn Sharp has found in the hospitality industry.
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ProStart Students Big Hit at Taste of Tillamook
Tillamook County Schools Hospitality Program students headlined the culinary demonstration at the Taste of Tillamook. Read more

 

 
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