KAYSVILLE — From baking bruschetta to learning how to put the flip into a woman's short hair style, a handful of local residents were schooled on several topics at the Davis Applied Technology College open house Oct. 25.
Inna Hill and her daughter, Violetta Zarchyuska, learned how to arrange a formal dining setting at the open house.
"It's very similar in Ukraine," Hill said of the table setting. "But I'm not sure that people here need it all because they prefer fast food."
Hill and Zarchyuska recently moved to Kaysville from Ukraine. Hill takes ESL classes at the DATC.
"I think it's the best school," she said. "I like it a lot. It's very interesting. The teachers are really nice."
Hill also said the DATC helps high school students learn a trade and find classes that will give them college credit.
Lisa Ercanbrack, a senior at Davis High School, is studying culinary arts at the DATC. She was teaching visitors how to make bruschetta at the open house. The students in the culinary arts program cook lunch for the school and provide food for the school's catered events.
"It's hands-on experience," Ercanbrack said. "It's real life, it's not textbooks. We're producing real-life things every day."
Fred Martinez, director of the DATC cosmetology program, was teaching people how to flip a women's short hair style at the open house. "The reason we decided to teach this is because this hair cut is really common," Martinez said.
Martinez said most the students in the school's cosmetology program are single mothers or high school students who are trying to learn a trade. Martinez helped start the DATC cosmetology program about two years ago.
He said the program is a great bargain. "The DATC is affordable when it comes to tuition and books and tools," Martinez said. "It's more affordable than private school."
The open house was designed to highlight a few of the college's programs.
The college offers certificates in everything from accounting to welding and has more than 45 programs. The cosmetology, culinary arts, restaurant hospitality, paraeducator and paralegal programs were all featured during the open house. The culinary arts, restaurant hospitality and paraeducator programs are all new to the college.
"It's a fun opportunity for people to kind of learn (how to do) new everyday things that they normally use," said James Larson, director of marketing and community affairs at the DATC.
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