Shrimp ceviche with tostones and avocado. Sweet-and-sour wonton pockets. Pumpkin pot de crème with ginger biscotti.

That’s a small sampling of the menu planned for a fundraiser Tuesday, when South Florida celebrity chefs like Michelle Bernstein and Douglas Rodriguez will join culinary students from Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

The event benefits the Foundation for New Education Initiatives, which supports the schools.

For students, the event is a chance to show off their skills and learn from the pros.

“It’s the exposure we need to grow,” said Eli Calderin, 51, a student at the culinary program at Robert Morgan Educational Center in South Miami-Dade. Adult students from Lindsey Hopkins Technical Education Center and Miami Lakes Educational Center will also participate.

On Monday, Calderin started preparing. She carefully placed a mix of minced cabbage, carrots, celery and onion in wontons and then folded them into origami-like envelopes — ready to be fried up later. A former preschool teacher, Calderin enrolled last year to follow her passion. “Cooking is a way of sharing love, sharing something everyone enjoys,” she said, adding, “It’s the catalyst that brings everyone together.”

Her instructor Chef Antonio “Tony” Starvaggi — a Silician-born, French-trained chef — said he also taught another chef who’ll create fancy food for the event, Bernstein. Her eateries include Michy’s and Crumb on Parchment.

His advice for aspiring students: Don’t be afraid to be aggressive, follow your passion and don’t worry about money — that will come later.

“I encourage students to make up the recipe, work on their creativity and responsibility,” Starvaggi said.

Some of the high-profile chefs have a personal stake in the fundraiser: They enroll their children in Miami-Dade schools — or are graduates themselves.

“I want to support the public school system because my kids are getting a great education,” said Rodriguez, who’ll be preparing the ceviche plus smoked Marlin tacos. They are part of his Nuevo Latino cuisine at OLA and DeRodriguez Cuba on Ocean in South Beach.

Bernstein is making the pumpkin pot de crème — a sort of pudding — and biscotti as two off-the-menu items.

“I’m trying to see if my mom will help me with the biscotti. She can make a mean biscotti,” Bernstein said.

Bernstein graduated from North Miami Senior High and has partnered with the school district to promote healthy eating in school cafeterias and healthy options in vending machines.

That has given her a first-hand glimpse of the resources needed in the schools.

Now she’s thinking about school in a different way — where her 7-week-old son will attend.

“My husband and I want Zachary to go to a public school,” Bernstein said. “I’m going to make it a better place for him.”