4/14/2015 Chartwells April Newsletter Chartwells at Midland Public Schools Issue: 3 April 2015 Quick Links Nutrislice Food Service Homepage Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Pinterest Contact Us Food Service Director: Tina Malzahn 9899235011 [email protected] Assistant Food Service Director: Matt Severson 9899235062 [email protected] Administrative Assistant: Caila Wellsted 9899236841 [email protected] Safety Note Did you know that at any given time, there are over 800,000 people texting and driving on US roads? Stay Safe! Midland Public Schools, In this Issue we highlight our favorite moments from March as well as what we have in store for April. March Highlights Smoothies and Parfaits We celebrated National Nutrition Month by providing free smoothie samples to the students during their lunch periods. Nearly 3,300 smoothies were given out to the students! Along with the free smoothies, we also featured a free yogurt parfait bar for students involved in the after school program, The ROCK. The students were able to choose between several Students enjoying smoothies at Jefferson types of fruit and granola to put with their yogurt. Nutrislice School Menu Nutrislice Click on the picture above to view the school menus! Download the app for free for Android and Apple! Search Nutrislice in the app store to download! Caila and Matt preparing to make smoothies at Dow High https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1120721055630&format=html&printFrame=true 1/7 4/14/2015 Chartwells April Newsletter Smoothies were made with yogurt, blueberries, strawberries, and milk We were able to teach the students about fun and tasty ways to enjoy healthy snacks. We realize that creating a healthy lifestyle begins right here at school when students start deciding what they want to eat. Our healthy smoothies and parfaits gave the students something fun and different to enjoy while also showing them that healthy food comes in a variety of sweet and tasty ways. Raegan from Northeast enjoying her parfait Teacher Conferences Just a quick thank you to Pam Kastl, Jeff Jaster, and Linda Lipsitt for allowing us to set up a table in your buildings during Conferences. We had a great time talking to parents and answering any questions that they had! https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1120721055630&format=html&printFrame=true 2/7 4/14/2015 Chartwells April Newsletter Love Salad Promotion Sharon Nestorak, the lead cook at Jefferson, prepared and served a fresh Color Burst Salad for students to sample. The response was fantastic and the students are asking for this salad to be put on the menu! Max, Austin, and Eric with Sharon March is Reading Month All 7 of our Elementary Buildings participated in a reading contest for our "March is Reading Month" promotion. This give away is our most popular activity among the students! We had a great time at Woodcrest drawing the student names and awarding them with books! https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1120721055630&format=html&printFrame=true 3/7 4/14/2015 Chartwells April Newsletter From left to right: Keegan, Ben, Austin, and Adyson Robotics This year we were fortunate enough to work with Kathleen Schaar during the Robotics event at Dow High. We were able to cater breakfast for volunteers on Saturday and even provide boxed lunches for 4 teams during the tournament. Kathleen did a great job reaching out to the teams that attended the tournament to see if they would like us to provide them with lunches. We were happy to provide teams with a nutritious meal and hope that next year more teams order boxed lunches! Looking Forward This month we are looking forward to celebrating Earth Day with several promotions in hopes to get the students excited about taking care of the earth. We also know that warmer weather increases https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1120721055630&format=html&printFrame=true 4/7 4/14/2015 Chartwells April Newsletter field trips! Please do not forget that we can still provide students with sack lunches for their trip so their parents do not need to worry about packing a lunch! These sack lunches are charged the same way as a regular lunch on the students account! We have an order form on our website, all you have to do is click on the picture above and click on the form on the right hand side of the page and submit it back to us! Lastly, over spring break we received a new food truck! We are looking forward to using this truck during our summer programs throughout Midland. With this truck we will be able to serve more students and ensure that they are having healthy lunches throughout the summer. We are excited about what this truck is going to allow us to do and are ready for the new challenges that it brings! Carol Laux taking a seat in the new food truck! Vending Machine Reminder Just a reminder that the new vending machines at Dow, https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1120721055630&format=html&printFrame=true 5/7 4/14/2015 Chartwells April Newsletter Midland High, and Northeast can be used by anyone. Students and Staff are able to charge their account as well as pay cash. Visitors to the school and parents that do not have an MPS I.D. number are still able to purchase from the vending machines by using cash. Erin will be stocking the vending machine at Northeast! Giving Back After the last lunch period before Spring Break, our staff collected all the perishable food items from our kitchens and brought it to the Chartwells office. Here we divided the food and distributed it among several families in Midland and also to Open Door. Our staff felt that it was important for us to give food to families in our community that need extra support. We donate periodically throughout the year and are always happy to give a lending hand to those in need. Forward this email https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1120721055630&format=html&printFrame=true 6/7 4/14/2015 Chartwells April Newsletter This email was sent to [email protected] by [email protected] | Update Profile/Email Address | Rapid removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. 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