Nutrition News
Hartford Public Schools
Department of Food Services and Nutrition Education
Vol. V, Issue V, 1997-98
MAY IS MULTI-CULTURAL AWARENESS MONTH
During the month of May, the Food Service and Nutrition
Education Department will be celebrating Multi-Cultural Awareness Month
with a special menu every Friday. Our delicious fare will include foods
representing Asian, Hispanic, West Indian, Mexican, Italian, and African
American cultures. As students learn about the various cultures, please
include a discussion about the diet. Our department would like to have
the students review the menus and food. Please send their critiques to
Carole Kurtz, Food Services Director.
NUTRITION AND SPORTS TEAM UP AGAIN
During the week of May 18-21, we will be celebrating Sports
Nutrition in the Hartford Public Schools. Our menu will be sports focused,
and we will be giving sports related prizes to students who participate
in the breakfast and lunch programs. This year, the high school student
athletes will be visiting physical education classes in the elementary
schools to speak with students about the importance of a healthy diet for
good performance and the goals of being a scholar athlete. If you would
like a student athlete to visit your physical education class at 2:00 p.m.,
please call Candace Annis or Susan Davis - 297-8490.
WIN "GOT MILK" TEE SHIRTS
The National Dairy Council is offering students a chance
to get their own "Got Milk" Tee Shirt, by sending in 3 proofs of
purchase for half gallons (or larger) of chocolate milk. In addition to
the tee shirt, students have a chance to win a trip to ride 5 of the best
roller coasters in the country by watching "Toonami" a popular children's
show on the Cartoon Network. Please call Candy Annis - 297-8490
to receive "Got Milk" promotion forms.
SCHOOLS RECOGNIZE FOOD SERVICE STAFF
The administration, staff, and students at Annie Fisher
and Martin Luther King Schools honored their school Food Service
staff with receptions for their commitment and dedication to feeding children,.
Congratulations to the Food Service employees for a job well done!
BULKELEY HIGH SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY CLASS
The students in Ms. Fasi's Geography class continued
to learn about world geography and the diet of the country they are studying.
They have enjoyed homemade pasta during their presentations
about Italy, and French bread and cheeses when they learned about France.
Ten students went to Costa Del Sol and enjoyed a Spanish meal of
Paella.
NUTRITION EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
We would like to know if you have scheduled nutrition
education programs this year for your students. If so, please contact Susan
Davis - 297-8490 so she can keep a record of all these activities.
Also, if you would like to submit classroom nutrition activities for the
Nutrition News, please send them to Susan Davis, Food Services
Department.
Did you know.....
.....New health advice emerges daily.... Never
change the way you live based on a single study, particularly when the
news does not give you the complete context of the study.
.....Eating more calories than you burn adds pounds
to the body, and for most people these excess calories come from eating
too much fat.
.....Honey and brown sugar have no nutritional advantages
over sucrose (table sugar).
....."Supersizing" your order may
cost a few pennies more but it doubles your caloric intake.
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