Canby School District Volume XVII November 2017 Staff Development: Kitchen Manager Retreat All State 2017 Friday October 13th was a state wide in-service day for Oregon. Food service directors of Sodexo accounts throughout Oregon took advantage of that and organized a fun, engaging and educational full day event for our staff. This year we had six members of the nutrition services department travel to Eugene to participate in this opportunity! The event kicked off Thursday night with a group dinner and game night where attendees spent their time relaxing (while someone else cooked) and mingling with other nutrition services teams. Frank Kitchen, a keynote speaker, started the training discussing the importance of our “living FRESH!” and following the dreams we harbor. The staff then rotated through three breakout sessions: stress management, a plate garnishing lab and conflict management. The team members who went loved this training opportunity. This event allowed them to continue to grow their expertise and gave them skills with which to better care for our students! This is just one of the great events that we have planned this year to fulfill our annual Professional Standards requirements! Community: STOP Hunger As the leading provider of Quality of Life Services, fighting hunger is the focus of Sodexo’s community service efforts. As part of our Better Tomorrow commitments, the Stop Hunger program mobilizes entire Sodexo communities, including employees, consumers, clients and suppliers are joining forces to make a difference and end hunger. Since 1996, our company has supported programs that provide hunger relief to those in need with a particular focus on children and families. In 1999, Sodexo created the non-profit Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation to extend our company's commitment to fighting hunger, with the mission of working to ensure that every child in the United States, especially those most at-risk, grows up with dependable access to enough nutritious food to enable them to lead a healthy, productive life. Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation helps support these organizations whose programs address hunger. When you donate to the Foundation, you can be sure all the money goes directly to those in need. The company--Sodexo USA-- pays 100% of the administrative costs of the Foundation. During the Kitchen Manager Retreat on October 13, local Sodexo team members and district staff raised over $2.8K for STOP Hunger! We also donate our time at the Oregon Food Bank sorting and organizing food to be shipped to their sites all over the state! Some Canby kitchen staff members at the Game Night Local team members volunteering
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Canby School District
Volume XVII
November
2017
Staff Development: Kitchen Manager Retreat All State 2017
Friday October 13th was a state wide in-service day
for Oregon. Food service directors of Sodexo
accounts throughout Oregon took advantage of that
and organized a fun, engaging and educational full
day event for our staff. This year we had six members
of the nutrition services department travel to Eugene
to participate in this opportunity!
The event kicked off Thursday night with a group
dinner and game night where attendees spent their
time relaxing (while someone else cooked) and
mingling with other nutrition services teams.
Frank Kitchen, a keynote speaker, started the training
discussing the importance of our “living FRESH!” and
following the dreams we harbor. The staff then
rotated through three breakout sessions: stress
management, a plate garnishing lab and conflict
management.
The team members who went loved this training
opportunity. This event allowed them to continue to
grow their expertise and gave them skills with which
to better care for our students!
This is just one of the great events that we have
planned this year to fulfill our annual Professional
Standards requirements!
Community: STOP Hunger
As the leading provider of Quality of Life Services, fighting hunger is the focus of Sodexo’s community service efforts. As part of our Better Tomorrow commitments, the Stop Hunger program mobilizes entire Sodexo communities, including employees, consumers, clients and suppliers are joining forces to make a difference and end hunger.
Since 1996, our company has supported programs that provide hunger relief to those in need with a particular focus on children and families. In 1999, Sodexo created the non-profit Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation to extend our company's commitment to fighting hunger, with the mission of working to ensure that every child in the United States, especially those most at-risk, grows up with dependable access to enough nutritious food to enable them to lead a healthy, productive life. Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation
helps support these organizations whose programs address hunger. When you donate to the Foundation, you can be sure all the money goes directly to those in need. The company--Sodexo USA--pays 100% of the administrative costs of the Foundation.
During the Kitchen Manager Retreat on October 13, local Sodexo team members and district staff raised over $2.8K for STOP Hunger! We also donate our time at the Oregon Food Bank sorting and organizing food to be shipped to their sites all over the state!
Some Canby kitchen staff members at the Game Night
Local team members volunteering
November brings the holidays and so
this month our nutrition corner is all
about the super food cranberries!
Cranberries are unlike any other fruit in
the world. From Cape Cod to
Washington State, the cranberry has
played a role in holiday culture, health
and wellness for years. It contains
unique health benefits with a
refreshing and tart taste making it a
family favorite.
Cranberries are full of phytonutrients
that offer antioxidant, anti-inflammatory
and anti-cancer health benefits.
Cranberries are also a very good
source of vitamin C, dietary fiber, and
manganese, as well as a good source
of vitamin E, vitamin K, copper and
pantothenic acid.
So add some cranberries to your
families diet and try them on top of a
fresh salad, in a tasty turkey wrap or
even baked into something sweet!
Nutrition
The data above displays the average, daily participation (ADP) for the month of October 2017 at all
schools compared against the ADP of October 2016. During October we saw an overall decrease in meals
at breakfast of 3% and at lunch we experienced a decrease of 8%.
During November and December we will be performing site visits to see how we can help increase meal
counts during breakfast and lunch. We are also hoping to introduce ‘meal coupons’ to help encourage stu-
dents who don’t eat school meals to give them a try!
Performance: Average Daily Participation
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Ackerman BPMS CHS Carus Eccles Knight Lee 91 Trost
October 2016 vs. October 2017
Oct. 16 Breakfast
Oct. 17 Breakfast
Oct. 16 Lunch
Oct. 17 Lunch
Diversity & Inclusion:
Native American Heritage Month
November is Native American Heritage month and is a time to celebrate rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories and to acknowledge the important contributions of Native people. Heritage Month is also an opportune time to educate the general public about tribes, to raise a general awareness about the unique challenges Native people have faced both historically and in the present and the ways in which tribal citizens have worked to conquer these challenges.
We are going to be celebrating by honoring Alaskan culture! We will be serving Alaskan Pollock in the cafeteria. This is the perfect time for our students to learn about the state of Alaska and enjoy a healthy fish lunch that is full of protein and vitamins!
Alaskan Pollock, a speckled fish in the cod family, is typically found in the North Pacific Ocean and caught frequently in the Eastern Bering Sea. These fish are said to make up the largest population of any fish species in the United States. Having an excellent diet, Alaskan Pollock are rich in protein, minerals and omega-3 fatty acids – making them an excellent choice to serve in the cafeteria. To best preserve the nutritious contents found in these delicious fish, they are often frozen and ultimately served as breaded and non-breaded fillets.
Sodexo has an exciting partnership with the Alaska Seafood
Marketing Institute (ASMI) and the Genuine Alaska Pollock
Producers (GAPP). This partnership inspired us to design
healthy, nutrient-rich recipes that students will love like the New
Orleans-inspired classic Po’ Boy or the classic Pollock Fish
Tacos, we know that Alaskan Pollock is sure to reel students in!
National Family Week: November 19-25, 2017 National Family Week is an annual celebration observed in the United States during the week of Thanksgiving, which this year is November 19th through the 25th. National Family week was first proclaimed by Ronald Reagan on November 19, 1987 and is organized by the Alliance for Children and Families.
This week is designed to build community connections and honor those who strengthen families through local events and activities. National Family Week presents a great opportunity for families and communities to connect through events and activities that can be fun and linked to learning.
What can you do to participate in National Family Week? Two of our favorite suggestions are shopping lists and story telling! Shopping lists: plan your recipes for the holidays and write a shopping list with your child sitting next to you. Provide paper and pencil so the child makes his or her own list. Then, take it to the grocery store and use it as you shop to show that listed words have meaning.
Story Telling: Encourage all family members to tell stories about your family history. Have the oldest member tell a story about a major family event, and then ask the youngest members to re-tell it. This is a great way to build vocabulary, language and analytical skills.
Just have fun with this time and use it to connect with your family!
My name is Galina Dobson and I am the Director of Nutrition Services for the
Canby School District. I am a proud Washington State University Alum with a
degree in Hospitality Business Management. I love working for Sodexo and
supporting their values. I am passionate about supporting the Canby Nutrition
Services Team in our pursuit of enriching the lives of our student body, staff
and community.
Feel free to reach out to me with any questions! My phone number is 503-263-
