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March Employee of the Month
 Norma
Garcia, Food Service technician and a head cook at Nimitz High School’s
cafeteria, was recently honored as the March 2008 Employee of the
Month. During the award ceremony at the March 10 Board of Trustees
meeting, Ms. Garcia’s hard work, dedication, and enthusiasm were
recognized and celebrated. |
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Fruit Cups Stamped with Production Date
 The
Dole peach and strawberry cups currently being served by the Food
Service Department are stamped with a date on the bottom of the cup.
This is a production date, not an expiration date.
Millions of Americans each year enjoy Dole fruit products. Irving ISD
students and staff can now enjoy these Dole fruit cups, featuring fruit
picked at the peak of ripeness, as part of their breakfast and/or lunch
meals. |
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Britain, Brown to Test New Lunch
Menu
It’s no April Fools Joke, but starting April 1, 2008, both Britain and
Brown elementary schools will be testing a new lunch menu. The new
lunch menu is an innovative “Grab n Go” lunch, similar in concept to the
popular Lunchables found in grocery stores. The “Grab n Go” lunches at
these two schools, however, offer a larger variety of foods than the
traditional Lunchables, are nutritionally balanced and healthy meals,
and are available at a much lower price than Lunchables! |
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Stipes Elementary to Start NEW
Breakfast Program
 On
Monday, March 31, Stipes will begin the Universal Breakfast program,
under which all students eat breakfast for FREE!!! Students at Stipes
will still report to the cafeteria for breakfast and will still go
through the cafeteria lines, but they will receive their breakfasts at
no charge, regardless of their meal status (i.e. free, reduced-price, or
paid). Stipes becomes the fifth elementary school this school year to
adopt the Universal Breakfast program. |
Breakfast 'Keeps Teenagers Lean'
 (BBC
News) Body-conscious teenagers may believe cutting out breakfast will
help them lose weight, but the opposite appears to be the case, US
research suggests. In a five year study of more than 2,000
youngsters, those who skipped breakfast weighed on average 5lbs (2.3kg)
more than those who ate first thing... |
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11 Irving ISD Schools Earn
Silver Awards
 Eleven
Irving elementary schools recently earned one of the nation’s
highest
school nutrition awards: the HealthierUS Challenge Silver School award.
These eleven schools, together, become only the second group of schools
in Texas to earn this prestigious recognition. |
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Innovative
Nutrition Programs Bring Health, Awards to Irving Schools
(Article by by Jess Paniszczyn)
Generations of school children have viewed cafeteria lunches with
suspicion ... Today’s Irving ISD Food Services offers carefully
planned breakfasts, lunches and snacks while teachers work to make
students more nutrition savvy ... |
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T.J. Lee
Elementary School Declared a National “Best Fat Fighter”
 The
January 2008 edition of Scholastic Administrator’s magazine has
recognized T.J. Lee Elementary School for their accomplishments in
helping students make healthy eating and lifestyle choices. In their
annual “Best and Worst” column... |
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Riddle Recognized as Employee of the
Month
 Mareva
Riddle, food service manager at Britain Elementary School, was
recognized as Employee of the Month for December 2007. Riddle joined
IISD in 2000 as a food service substitute and was promoted to part-time
assistant in 2001. After the completion of the food service manager
training program, she ... |
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Lee First Texas School to
Receive USDA Gold School Award
 Lee
Elementary School was the first Texas school to receive the United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Gold School Award during a
special celebration on Thursday, November 15th in the Lee Elementary
school gym. USDA Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer
Services Nancy Montanez Johner presented the nation’s highest school
nutrition award to ... |
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Johnston, Hanes &
Farine to
start NEW Breakfast Programs
Just in time for the New Year 2008, Johnston, Hanes, and Farine
elementary schools will start NEW school breakfast programs. On
January 7, 2008, Hanes and Farine Elementary Schools will begin the
Universal Breakfast program, under which all students eat breakfast for
FREE ... Meanwhile, Johnstone Elementary School will, on January 23,
2008 (at the end of the semester), start the “Breakfast in the
Classroom” program. |
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IISD Brings Home the Gold
 IISD
Food Service and T.J. Lee Elementary School earn first “Gold School”
designation in Texas. On Wednesday, September 5th, the
Food Service Department and T.J. Lee Elementary school were jointly
awarded the nation’s highest school nutrition award by the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA). The HealthierUS School Challenge
program, administered by the USDA, offers two levels of certification... |
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Good Nutrition at
Elementary Block Parties
 Brown
and T.J. Lee elementary schools both held their annual block parties in
September of 2007. These block parties serve to offer a fun, safe
evening for students and parents alike at their neighborhood schools,
and help to forge and strengthen community ties. |
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IISD Food Service: A
Nation-Wide Leader in School Nutrition
 According
to the results of a recent national survey of food service directors,
Irving ISD Food Service Department offers some of the healthiest, lowest
cost meals in the country. The School Nutrition Association’s (SNA)
“School Nutrition Operations Report: The State of School Nutrition 2007”
was accumulated from a survey of 1200 school nutrition directors
nationwide. The report serves to establish benchmarks for child
nutrition programs... |
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IISD Food Service A Low-Cost Leader
 Students and adults who eat Irving ISD
school meals are smart shoppers – based on a recent survey of area school
district meal prices, Irving ISD school cafeteria customers save an average
of 15%−25% with every meal they purchase! The start of the 2007-2008
school year marks the third consecutive year that Irving ISD meal
prices have not increased for students! |
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Food Service Accepts Grant
 Michael
Rosenberger (left), director of food service, recently
accepted $6,000 in grant funds over the summer from
DairyMax representative Roseann Rawls to fund Breakfast
in the Classroom programs for Brandenburg, Lee and
Thomas Haley elementary schools and Clifton, Kinkeade
and Pierce early childhood schools. |
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New for
2007-2008: Nutrition Links
Want the latest news on good health and nutrition? Simply click
on our newest attraction – Nutrition Links – and cruise
through our links to a number of outstanding Web sites, chock
full of news you can use to improve your health. Start the new
school year with a new resolution: eat better in 07-08! |
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Food Service
News Briefs
(May & June 2007) Click
here to read a compilation of news briefs from May and June of
2007 about the Irving ISD Food Service Departments .... |
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Seven Schools
Offer New Breakfast Programs
 Seven
IISD schools will offer new breakfast programs in 2007-2008
providing students with free
breakfasts! Irving ISD will expand
their "Breakfast in the Classroom" program to six more schools
and add one new school the the "Universal Breakfast Program" ... |
Food Services Director Puts Students' Health First on Menu
 (Article
by Deborah Fleck) On Tuesday, the
summer school students feasted on turkey meat tacos, homemade
corn tortillas, brown rice and fresh – not canned – charro
beans. Dessert was an apple or an orange. Little junk food is
served at this elementary school ... |
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Looking for a Family Friendly Job?
Irving ISD Food Service Department is seeking dedicated
personnel for the following positions:
Food Service Manager Trainees
Food Service inventory Clerk
Food Service Buyer |
Film Project to Feature
School Lunch Program
 The
school lunch program at T.J. Lee Elementary School and eight
others from around the nation will be featured in a film project
highlighting the best practices of school lunchrooms. The
project, titled Cooks for Kids, is being coordinated by
the National Food Service Management Institute at the University
of Mississippi... |
Texas Agriculture
Commissioner Lauds Irving ISD for Nutrition Efforts
 Irving
ISD received high praise from the state’s top agriculture official
during a ceremony on March 7th to commemorate the USDA Team Nutrition
Silver School Award won by T.J. Lee Elementary School and IISD Food
Service... |
