Coffee delivery service a hit with teachers each week
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Paraeducator Roxie Obermier (left) helps motivate student Tanner Davison to punch AHS business teacher Dana Thompson’s Husky Grind punch card.
Found within the walls of Aurora High School is a sight some might not expect to see, but others have grown rather fond of in the morning -- The Husky Grind “Coffee Shop.”
“The Grind is an opportunity for a lot of our students to just gain more skills that are not academic -- communication skills, counting money, working with people,” teacher Tim Elge explained.
“As well as interacting with adults and having that conversation,” paraeducator Roxie Obermier noted. “Just getting that skill of having to take an order and fulfill it.”
Elge was busy both educating and being a barista -- due to being “short staffed” -- on the day of his interview. Normally at least one of his PEAK students is helping out behind the scenes making coffee, while others are out taking orders and delivering.
Over the last few weeks of the program, more and more orders have been pouring in.
“Husky Grind is giving our students in PEAK the opportunity to be a part of a small business within the school,” 4R Special Education Director Jeff Sutter said. “The students are able to work on effective communication skills with different staff members and with their peers. It is a hands-on activity that teaches and allows students to practice a variety of job skills.”
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