JUNCTION CITY, Kan.&nbsp;– Four Junction City High School culinary students were recently awarded ServSafe® Manager National Certification by passing a 90-question, multiple-choice managers exam.The ServSafe® Manager Certification verifies that a manager or person-in-charge has sufficient food safety knowledge to protect the public from foodborne illness. 

Earning certification were seniors Alexandra Lapinsky, Marcelo Payne, Abigail Pedlar and Jordis Serrano. By earning certification, the Blue Jays have now had at least four individuals claim national certification each of the last two years.&nbsp;In addition, Junction City High School also had a program record of 130 culinary students receive a 75% or higher on the ServSafe® Food Handler Examination to earn certification as a food handler. 

In the last two years alone, JCHS has combined to have 215 students claim certification as a food handler.&nbsp;The ServSafe® Food Handler Examination is a national certification program designed to teach safe handling practices to foodservice employees and others who handle and serve food to the public.

By Matt HooverUSD 475 Communications CoordinatorJUNCTION CITY, Kan.&nbsp;– Four Junction City High School culinary students were recently awarded ServSafe® Manager National Certification by passing a 90-question, multiple-choice managers exam.The ServSafe® Manager Certification verifies that a manager or person-in-charge has sufficient food safety knowledge to protect the public from foodborne illness. Earning certification were seniors Alexandra Lapinsky, Marcelo Payne, Abigail Pedlar and Jordis Serrano. By earning certification, the Blue Jays have now had at least four individuals claim national certification each of the last two years.&nbsp;In addition, Junction City High School also had a program record of 130 culinary students receive a 75% or higher on the ServSafe® Food Handler Examination to earn certification as a food handler. In the last two years alone, JCHS has combined to have 215 students claim certification as a food handler.&nbsp;The ServSafe® Food Handler Examination is a national certification program designed to teach safe handling practices to foodservice employees and others who handle and serve food to the public.

JCHS Culinary Students Receive ServSafe® Certification