Exceptional Grad: Jehovah's Witness 'cooks things up'

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Graduation 2018 - Exceptional grad: Alex Garcia cooks things up

The Herald (Everett, Washington State, US), Sunday, June 3, 2018

The Everett teen hopes to turn cooking into a fulfilling career.

“I donÂ’t know of any chef who doesnÂ’t want to be well known,” he said.

For the past two years, Garcia, 17, has been part of Sno-Isle Tech Skills Center’s Culinary Arts program. Until coming to Sno-Isle, he had spent his entire academic life with Edmonds Heights K-12. A home-schooling partnership with the Edmonds School District, the program helps parents — their children’s main teachers — with support and resources.

At his graduation Friday, Garcia received his diploma from Edmonds Heights K-12, which offers some classes and has a library and computer labs.

After graduation, he hopes to land an apprenticeship or internship in the culinary field, or work in catering. “I have gotten a few offers,” he said.

The son of Joy and Edgar Garcia, he is part of a Jehovah’s Witnesses church in Everett. “We teach lots of people about the Bible,” Garcia said of the door-to-door ministry he does with his family.

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