PAUSD Student Nutrition Services Newsletter
December/January 2015-2016
Annual
Food Service
Results and Continued
3rd Annual
FutureSurvey
Chef Competition
Coming Changes
Soon!
Calling all student chefs!!!
It’s that time of year again. Get ready for the upcoming 3rd Annual Future Chef Competition. Recipe submission cards will be available in January. This years competition is scheduled for March 23rd and the theme for this year is Healthy Breakfast recipes. The
following are bonus ingredients if used in your recipe submission: bagels, low fat cheeses, eggs, low sodium ham, mushrooms, oatmeal, pineapple, tortillas, turkey sausage, whole grain cereals and yogurt. Start perfecting your special recipes for submission now
and during the Winter Break..
Student Nutrition Substitute Staff Needed
Do you enjoy working with children? Are you looking for something to do during the day while your children are at school? Have
some free time during the day and just need something to do?
The Student Nutrition Services Department is looking for Substitute Staff to help at all grade levels. Please fill out an application at
the PAUSD District Office, Human Resources—25 Churchill Avenue, Palo Alto.
Hours and days will vary by site but, all are within the normal school days hours.
New Street Eatz Format at Gunn High
A new, scratch cooking format has opened Classic BBQ, Maple Mustard, Tangy Or- or Asian Sweet Chili BBQ.
and is the buzz at Gunn High School.
ange, Sriracha Ranch, Buffalo Flaming Hot,
Week two was Main Street Tacos offering
The Street Eatz Format offers
students corn or flour street tastudents a weekly rotating
cos with a choice of four flavor
choice featuring flavors from
profiles-Carnitas, Ancho BBQ, Al
several retail style approachesPastor, or Picadillo. Students will
Sunset Chicken Strips , Main
have a choice of four homemade
Street Tacos, Olvera Street Torsalsas-Verde, Roasted Pineapple,
tas, Beale Street BBQ, and Canal
Mango or Corn & Black Bean.
street Mac Attack.
Come by Gunn and try some of
All featured flavors are offered
the new flavors we’re cooking.
for a week at a time and are
Student Nutrition Services will
scratch prepared including sauccontinue to solicit feedback from
es.
both students and parents. It is
We opened the first week of
our goal to continue to increase
school with Sunset Strips offersatisfaction with the program
ing students chicken strips with
and increase participation.
six different flavorful, scratch sauces–
New Food Service Open Forums
Would you like to understand the regulations governing the National School Lunch and Breakfast
Program that PAUSD follows?
The Student Nutrition Services Department is hosting monthly Open Forums for parents, students,
community members to ask questions, give feedback, and learn about the Student Nutrition Services
Department.
Come meet with the Food Services Department, on a Friday afternoon of every month. Our next
Open Forum will be Friday, December 11th from 3-4pm in the SDC of the PAUSD District Office.
New Build to Order Bars Added to Middle Schools
Jordan Middle and JLS Middle School have added some new, rotating Build to
Order Bars to their menu selection.
Based on feedback from the Student Leadership Class last Spring, Student Nutrition Services added a Pasta Bar, New York Pizza Bar, and a Potato Bar to the
rotation of offerings.
Jordan already rotates a Build to Order Deli Bar, and Salad Bar. Student Nutrition Services will be meeting with the Student Leadership Class this month to
determine how things are going and any changes needed.
Local & Organic Produce Usage
The Student Nutrition services Department purchased almost $120, 000 in fresh produce last school year. Of the produce purchased, over 50% was grown locally here in CA.
The district schools purchased 48,000 cases of snack pack carrots, 43,000 cases of Gala Apples, 22,000 pounds of bananas, 2600
pounds of Red Seedless Grapes, 2000 pounds of Romaine Lettuce, 1000 pounds of Strawberries, 2000 pounds of Kiwi, and 1000
pounds of Watermelon Chunks, and 850 pounds of Organic Spring Mix Salad–to highlight a few of the main purchases.
The Student Nutrition Services Department is committed to increasing the amount of CA grown, locally grown and Organic produce that we purchase.
Check out our new menu format– Think CA which highlights/spotlights the items which come from local farms.