The [Dinner Party], an in-school program, aims to teach students about nutrition, cooperation, and , most important, about the benefits of family dinnertime. The guests [8th grade students and their parents of the Community Academy Public Charter School in Washington, D.C.] who attended were most impressed . “Imagine making a six-course meal for 100 people,” says Caitlin Wood-Sklar, an organizer. “They made Vietnamese spring rolls by hand.”