The student-run bakery is part of our vocational training program, where students gain both theoretical knowledge and practical experience in a commercial kitchen setting. Through this program, they learn the science of baking as well as the day-to-day operations of a professional bakery.
This hands-on training equips disadvantaged youth with valuable life skills and work experience, helping them become responsible, self-reliant members of the communities they return to.
Culinary, Landscaping and our student Bakery help the boys develop a strong work ethic.
Each Wednesday, students from Boys Republic will showcase artisan bread, skillfully baked with their hands-on assistance as part of the school’s vocational training program.
Steve McQueen, a 1946 alumnus of Boys Republic whose story started as a troubled youth and ended as a 20th-century icon. During the height of Steve’s demanding movie career, he would visit Boys Republic often.
