I spent the bulk of the day as the "lunch lady" again at Quincy's school. They were desperate for some extra hands and since I do enjoy spending time in any kitchen and I do so enjoy seeing Quincy in action with his friends, I agreed to work again (Much to Quincy's chagrin!). We worked very hard today, preparing most items for the salad bar for the rest of the week, lots of chopping and cutting. After finishing my work around 1:30, I took a few minutes to walk around Quincy's beautiful campus and take a few pictures.
His school was founded in 1852 by the Sisters of St. Francis. It was a boarding school for girls for a long, long time before becoming a co-ed day school in the mid-90's. The campus is still the site of the Mother House for this order of nuns but unfortunately, of the 120 that still live there, most are very elderly and infirm. The school cafeteria is housed in a portion of the convent and many of the school kitchen appliances are shared with the convent.
Today was "Adopt a Sis" day, where students can choose to eat lunch with one of the nuns and maybe become a bit wiser from the experience. Both parties seem to really enjoy this and we saw smiles on many faces, young and old. There are no longer many nuns active in the school itself but it is nice to have that connection between the two.
The school is located in a beautiful little, little old German settlement about 5 miles from our front door. I love the European feel of the old brick buildings and narrow streets with German names.
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