Delightful ICS student writing samples after a delicious lunch, all in the name of learning and fun.
We Help Students Become Engaged, Attentive Learners
At Intermountain Christian School, we believe that the best learning happens when students are highly engaged, build on prior knowledge, and feel connected in their community. Sometimes helping students love to learn looks like surprising them with FUN, and letting them make memories with friends. The story below is a wonderful example of how ICS makes learning engaging, meaningful, and yes, sometimes a little yummy too.
Why these Students Went to Chick-fil-A for Lunch
Students take two weekly reading tests, and if they earn two 100% scores, they get to go off campus to Chick-fil-A for lunch. While we celebrate everyone’s wins in a variety of ways, this tradition has become a special motivator that helps keep students engaged. Under the new ownership, this Chick-fil-A location has partnered with us in a different and fun way this year.
Student Writing About Their Experience
Our students came back and wrote about their experience, and the quality and joy of their writing might be even more delightful than the lunch they enjoyed that day:
Penelope L. Wrote This:
When Codie, Cody, Madeline, Izzy, and I went to Chick-fil-A, we had a blast! But before we could go, we had to do one thing, well, technically two things: get two 100% on our reading test. Codie was the first to get it, then it was me (Penelope), next it was Izzy, after Izzy, it was Madeline, last it was Cody.
We went to Chick-fil-A on February 18, 2026. When we got there, we were just expecting to order our food, eat, and leave. But instead, we got a tour around the restaurant! At first, I thought we were going to just have a tour around the dining part of the restaurant, but then our fellow tour guides started to lead the six of us (including Ms. Frazee, our teacher) to the back, where the food was made! We got all excited because we weren’t expecting to go back into the kitchen. Ms. Frazee wasn’t even expecting this to happen!
Once we got to the back, our guides showed us where each kind of food was made, and they showed us the freezer rooms, too! We learned some things, like how the workers have to wear yellow aprons when working with raw meat and white aprons when working with other foods. After they finished showing us around, they told us to wash our hands because they said we were going to make our own food. Now we were really getting excited!!! So, we put on the YELLOW aprons, and then they showed us how to “bread” the meat. It was really fun.
A few minutes later, we got our chicken and fries, and we got to put our sandwiches together. We also got to put pickles on, but they couldn’t overlap each other. They usually just put two pickles, but Izzy and I managed to put 6-7 pickles on! Cody also did a lot, too (I didn’t mean to do “6-7”).
To conclude, I had an amazing time at Chick-fil-A because I was 100% not expecting anything like what happened that day. We thank Chick-fil-A, Miss Sarah, and Miss Cathi for letting us do a tour through the restaurant and letting us have an awesome time. (Thank you for the delicious sandwich, too!)
- Penelope L.
Isabelle Wrote This:
You just ate dinner, and you can smell the fresh batch of cookies that your grandmother just took out of the oven. As you take the first bite, a burst of flavor that includes nuts and the classic mouth-watering chocolate chips, you decide that you want to try to make them yourself. As you creep into the kitchen, you see that your grandmother is making another batch of cookies and has left the ingredients out on the counter. You run over to grab the recipe before she catches you, but it isn’t there, and then you realize that the recipe is in her head. Eventually, she decides to teach you the recipe, and now you help her whenever she makes cookies. That is a lot like my experience at Chick-fil-A, the secret recipe was so close, yet so far away.
As we walked through the doors, we could smell the warm, crispy fries. We were greeted by the workers, and they gave us some cow hats to wear during our visit. Then we walked over to the story that was on the wall and learned about who formed Chick-fil-A and the story behind it.
Next, we got to go into the kitchen and see how everything is made. There was an area for salads, toasting the buns, and making chicken. The workers each wear hair nets and different colored aprons and gloves depending on what they are working on, so they can prevent cross-food contamination. There are some areas where you make the food for the drive-through and take-out, and there are some areas where you make the food for the dine-in.
Then we got to make our own food! First, we had to put hair nets on, wash our hands, and get the right colored gloves and aprons. Next, we each took turns breading the chicken and, of course, taking pictures. Then we waited for the chicken to cook. Finally, we assembled our sandwiches and ate them with some fries and a drink. But the time had come, we had to say goodbye and go back to school. On the way out, they gave us some stickers, and we took our leftovers to go. That was what my experience at Chick-fil-A was like.
- Isabelle V.
Helping Students Love to Learn and Learn to Write
These two pieces give a glimpse into what makes the ICS experience special: small class sizes, attentive teachers, and unique experiences. Students are not only building strong writing skills but are also learning through memorable moments that make them eager to observe, reflect, and communicate with confidence.
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