Cypress Park High School seniors Michael Martin and Zariah Smith are part of a new culinary class at Cypress Park that specializes in baking. (Photo by Vincent Garcia, Cypress Park HS)
Sept. 11, 2025—The baking class is a new senior-level course for students either in their second or third year of the culinary program co-piloted at Cypress Park and Cypress Ranch high schools. The baking class is unique to the culinary program because of its focus on student-driven curriculum.
“There’s a lot of student ownership,” said Zoe Wade, Cypress Park culinary and baking teacher. “In baking, the students are given the category, for example muffins, and the students research the recipe, and they make a menu to send out to staff and make the grocery list.”…