Is their a way to restore my mac menu bar to factory settings?

Hi Everyone,
I am a software trainer, and as a result, when I present my classes, I remove all the menu items from my menu bar on my MacBook Pro so as to create a clean workspace. The problem is, I actually want all of those menulet's there the other 99% of the time, and after every class I teach, I have to one by one go through the system pref's to turn them back on. I use the same menulet's that come with the mac out of the box, so is their a way of restoring the menu to factory settings with a couple of clicks? You know, kind of like how you can reset your home page layout on an iPhone or iPad?
Thanks in advance...
Jack

Thanks OrangeMarlin, I thought of doing that for a while but for some reason always dismissed it. That makes total sense because then not only can I have a nice clean menu bar but I don't have to worry about students seeing my personal files.
Thanks!

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