Lead Summary
Students at Luverne Elementary donned their Sunday best and practiced their dinner table manners Friday at the Parents Partners in Education-sponsored Respect Lunch in the school commons. Instead of the regular cafeteria-style service, kitchen staff prepared a sit-down dinner where the students were joined by a parent or adult volunteer. They practiced passing the meal items from one to another and carried on polite conversations with their tablemates. Each table was decorated with a tablecloth, a centerpiece and disposable dinnerware, and diners were serenaded with live piano music.
The Respect Lunch did not take place last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.