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Parents Portal
Click on the image above to go to the School Nutrition website
Click here to submit your questions to Christina.
Q: What is School Nutrition doing to celebrate Black History Month?
A: At the request of School Nutrition managers and students alike, School Nutrition will offer heart-healthy soul food every week in February in honor of Black History Month. The menu for this celebration is as follows:
Oven Fried Chicken w/Whole Grain Biscuit - Lightly breaded chicken baked in the oven to a crispy, golden perfection served with a 51% whole grain biscuit.
Seasoned Collard Greens - Traditional collard greens with a heart-healthy twist! Fresh greens cooked with fresh onion, garlic, black pepper, chicken base, and a kick of hot sauce. Don’t miss out on this low-fat, antioxidant rich side dish.
Baked Sweet Potato - Baked locally grown sweet potato; full of beta-carotene!
Glazed Apples - Apple slices tossed with homemade, reduced-fat, and reduced-sugar glaze sauce - a sweet and nutritious treat!
This menu will be available for all secondary schools February 2, February 9, and February 23 and for all elementary schools on February 15.
Breakfast and lunch are free of charge for all students eligible for free and reduced-price meals. For the paid student, breakfast is $0.90 in all schools and lunch is $1.60 at the elementary level and $1.75 at the secondary level. For more information, visit www.npsk12.com/nutrition.
To share your good school meal experience or to learn more about school meals, visit www.traytalk.org.
See you in the cafeteria!
Christina Kepa, M.S. RD
Larchmont Helps Break Guiness Record
They did it! Larchmont Elementary School participated with over 300,265 people from around the world to break the National Geographic Kids' Guinness World Record attempt for the Most People Doing Jumping Jacks in a 24-hour period.
Over 637 students from Larchmont joined in with First Lady Michelle Obama in a 24-hour marathon of jumping jacks to break the Guiness Book of World Records.
Click here to view Larchmont's award-winning certificate.NPS Dietitian Past Articles
- Q: My child has never bought lunch at a school, and I am interested in learning about Norfolk Public Schools' nutrition program.
- Q: What will Norfolk Public Schools do to celebrate National School Lunch Week October 10 to October 14, 2011?
- Q: My child comes home hungry all the time. I don’t think she is eating enough food at school lunch. How can I keep track of what she is eating without coming into school everyday?
- Q: I know a balanced meal is offered on student lunch trays, but I am not at school to make sure they sample all of the selections.
- Q: The only vegetable my child will eat is broccoli.
- Q: It seems you serve a lot of kid friendly foods that may not be expanding my child's horizons.
- Q: My almost 10 year old son is ADHD. He doesnt experience hyperactivity but he does have difficulty with staying focused.
- Question: How can having my child eat school food rather than packing his lunch affect his eating habits?
- Question: Why do you offer chocolate milk in school? Isn't this unhealthy?
- Q: My high schooler loves your chicken sandwiches but I cant imagine they are any good for her. How is eating this any better than eating fast food?
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