Cooking with Kronberger

By Adam Rutz

In 1991, Mrs. Kronberger began her legacy as a foods teacher in Garland, Texas, at the same high school she had graduated from. After Newman Catholic's Mary Kurtzweil decided to retired last year, someone had to step up and take the former foods and sewing teacher's place. That person was indeed Mrs. Jennifer Kronberger, also our school's librarian.

"I enjoy interacting with the students and teaching them skills they can carry on with them for the rest of their lives," said Kronberger. "I really like working with others and it's a joy to be able to be around these students each day." Kronberger has displayed excellent talents in not only the kitchen but also the classroom portion of the teachings. Mrs. K really helps students learn both aspects of skills that are important as they continue their journey as young adults and begin to live on their own after high school. Her ability to relate to the students is very nice and helps the kids realize that cooking isn’t so hard after all.

When Kronberger isn’t in school teaching she spends a lot of time with her young children, Forrest, age 9, and Kit, age 8, as well as her husband Mike. The Kronberger family has moved quite a bit due to Mr. Kronberger’s job relocations, but now that they are settled here in Wausau, they’ll be here to stay. Mrs. Kronberger enjoys reading and teaching her children important things that they’ll need in the future, and watching them grow up.

"Even though my children are young, I really enjoy teaching them new skills that they can use at home in the kitchen to make things a lot more fun when cooking at home," Kronberger said. She plans to be at Newman Catholic for a while, but the one thing she wants do to in her lifetime is write a children’s book. To learn more about Mrs. Kronberger stop in Room 101 or the library to chat with her.