By
Mously Lo
(North Bergen—November 8, 2015) Dr. Laje Gashi’s sophomore
French classes at High Tech High School scrambled around the Resource Center of
the North Hudson Center, adding finishing touches to their black, white, and
red-decorated 2015 Café Classique
banner, which would beckon guests who would also be greeted by the tantalizing
aroma of freshly-baked crêpes, the twinkling of fairy lights, and French music
serenading the ears, announced
Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School.
Although initially
anxious to see how the staff, teachers, and students would take to the 2015 Café Classique, the thirty students
from the Class of 2018 came away wholly satisfied.
“A lot of
people showed up,” declares Mously Lo, the hostess and a manager of the Café Classique. “We had so much of fun serving and socializing
with guests. It was an overall great experience, and we learned so much about
French culture and cuisine, possibly more than we could have learned from only
reading textbooks.”
In
addition to selling freshly-baked crêpes, the Café Classique sold other desserts and dishes, from chocolate
mousse served with whipped cream and mint leaves to croque monsieur straight from
the press to sparkling cider. The
managers of the Café Classique
treated guests to a photo booth, where they had the opportunity to pose in
front of a background of the Eiffel Tower, Le Louvre, or the River Seine for
posterity. Dressed in formal black and
white apparel, the Class of 2018 served French cuisine to passersby, even
performing songs by famous performers like Belgian singer Stromae and French
cabaret siren Edith Piaf. By the end of Café Classique, the thirty sophomores
from Dr. Gashi’s French classes raised over $783, enough to treat them to an
authentic French restaurant in the springtime.
