About a week ago, Tamer, one of the teachers on our staff, came up with a great idea: how about if the teachers take one day of the school year and serve the cooks at supper time? Every day of the year our Egyptian cooks do a fantastic job serving us appetizing and nutritious meals. How about if we, the resident staff, return the favor for one evening meal? Now, as it turned out, we didn't really have to slave over a hot stove all day. The cooks still ended up doing most of the work. They cooked the food, with the exception of the meat, which Tamer grilled outside. However, we did serve the cooks and had them sit at the tables and eat first as our "guests". It was really just an occasion for us to tell them how much we appreicate all they do for us. Next year we are thinking of having a real, honest-to-goodness pot luck dinner where we DO cook all the food, and have them take a day off from their chores.
In this photo you see Kris and Tamer visiting at our table in the residents' dining hall. Incidentally, Tamer is our P.E. teacher. His wife and he came to Schutz with us this year from the state of North Carolina. They have a 5 year old son, Noah.
Mark and Pat McCright, our very good friends from Iowa.
Kris, slicing up some bread for our meal.
Hab, who is one of the greatest guys around, hails from Egypt, and has been working at Schutz for about 15 years.
Tamer, outside at the grill, sizzling the steaks.
Mark, doing his best to be a true servant of the people.
This is what our well-stocked kitche looks like..behind the scenes.
Two of the guys who were being honored yesterday. The man on the right has been working at Schutz since he was a little boy. His father worked her for forty years!!
Another one of the cooks......even though they were being honored, they were doing most of the work
Kris, Mike, and Kelly( one of our teachers--she hails from California) serving one of the cooks.
From left to right: Mike and Nada C.(Nada is our elementary principal and hails from North Carolina; Mike is from New York; on the right is Clay, a high school Chemistry teacher from Houston.
Hab, Mike, Kris, and Tamer enjoying some mealtime conversation.
Left to right: Dr. Joyce, the school director-from Denver, Jane and Frank Walsh(Jane is the school librarian and Frank is the high school principal--they hail from the state of Maine, and in the foreground with her back to the camera is Kristal, who comes from Missouri. She teaches and also is an aide at the Middle and High School level.
Tamer, Hab, and Mike------I don't have a clue what we were talking about
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