ProStart is a nationwide, two-year high school program that unites the classroom and the industry. It develops the best and brightest talent into tomorrow’s restaurant and foodservice industry leaders. In Michigan, 70 high schools and career centers use the ProStart curriculum with more than 5,000 students participating. Students learn vital kitchen skills, including food safety and knife cuts, and important management lessons, such as menu development and marketing. The state competition provides a hands-on opportunity for students to demonstrate the skills learned throughout the year and be judged by top industry professionals.
The following Michigan schools are currently using the ProStart curriculum:
High Schools & Career Centers
Anchor Bay High SchoolArmada Area Schools Bay Arenac ISD Benton Harbor Area Schools Boyne City High School Branch Area Careers Center Breithaupt Career & Technical Center Calhoun Area Career Center Wilson Talent Center Careerline Tech Center-Holland Cheboygan High School Clare-Gladwin RESD Clintondale High School Dakota High School DCTC at Riverview FlexTech High School Fraser High School Genesee Career Institute Gaylord High School GoLightly Technology Center Gratiot Isabella Technical Education Center Hastings High School CTE Culinary Arts Heartlands Institute of Technology--Ionia Howell High School Huron Area Technical Center Huron High School--Ann Arbor Public Schools Iosco RESA Career & Technical Education Jackson Area Career Center Kalamazoo RESA Lapeer Education & Technology Center Lincoln High School LISD TEch Center Livonia Career Center Mecosta/Oceola Michael Berry Career Center Muskegon Area Career Tech Center Newaygo County Career Tech Center Niles High School Oakland Tech Center NE Oakland Tech Center NW Oakland Tech Center SE Oakland Tech Center SW Pankow Technical Center Petoskey High School Pioneer High School--Ann Arbor Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Rising Stars Academy River Rouge High School Romeo Engineering And Technology Center Romulus High School Roseville High School Saginaw Career Complex Sanilac Career Center South Lake High School Southfield High School St. Clair County TEC SWWC @ Saline High School Taylor Career Center Traverse Bay Area ISD Troy Athens High School Tuscola Technology Center Van Buren Technology Center Warren Consolidated Schools Career Prep Center Warren Woods Tower High School West Shore ESD Wexford-Missaukee CTC Windover High School William Ford Career-Tech Center Ypsilanti Regional Career Technical Center |
The following institutions of higher learning recognize the ProStart curriculum through articulation agreements. * Accept certificate of achievement Secondary Education*Henry Ford Community College Hospitality Studies*Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts *Secchia Institute for Culinary Education at Grand Rapids Community College Culinary Arts *The Chef ’s Academy *The International Culinary Schools at The Art Institutes * State wide articulation agreements Culinary Institute of Michigan Ferris State University Jackson Community College Lake Michigan College Food Management Macomb Community College Mott Community College Great Lakes Culinary Institute at Northwestern Michigan College Northwood University Oakland Community College Schoolcraft College Sullivan University Washtenaw Community College Four Year ProgramsCentral Michigan University Marketing & Hospitality ServicesEastern Michigan University Hospitality Management Ferris State University Hospitality Management Grand Valley State University Johnson and Wales Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Michigan State University Hospitality Business Northern Michigan University Restaurant & Foodservice Management Sullivan University The Chef ’s Academy The International Culinary Schools at The Art Institute |