New School Meals Continue to Improve the Diets of CCSU Students
The first three months of this school year have been very successful for the Food Service program as we have been implementing the USDA’s new healthy guidelines for school meals! We can identify many...
View Article“Lunch for Dinner” at Westford on 1/10/13
The Westford School Board invites you to “lunch for dinner!” This community-wide dinner will feature local products and showcase the exciting changes in the school cafeteria as the CCSU Food Services...
View ArticleNew Nutritional Menu pages
CCSU Child Nutrition Services introduces a new Nutritional Menu web-page on each school’s website, highlighting nutritional information for each menu item.
View ArticleCCSU Awarded Farm to School Grant
On February 7th Bob Clifford and Gabriell Ratté Smith attended the celebration of a Farm to School Awareness Day in Montpelier. On behalf of CCSU, they accepted an award certificate from the Deputy...
View ArticleUSDA Announces One Year Extension of Flexibility for Grains and Proteins
Today, USDA announced a one-year extension of the flexibility on meeting the weekly requirements for grains and meat/meat alternates through School Year 2013-2014. This extension applies to both...
View ArticleThe Key to Better School Food – Upcoming Event
Want to know more about our local food systems and how to transform school meals? Join us on March 26 at UVM’s Davis Center, where Janet Poppendieck, author of the book Free for All: Fixing School Food...
View ArticleSpring Vitamin Boost for CCSU Students
The CCSU Food Service will be featuring two vitamin-rich fruits this month. Mangoes and Minneola tangelos. Mangoes are available as a component of our fresh fruit cup and Minneola tangelos will be...
View ArticleBringing Local Farm Food to Our Schools
Chittenden Central Supervisory Union (CCSU) was awarded a planning grant to start a Farm to School program in our member school districts of Essex High School, Essex Junction and Westford! On...
View ArticleTesting Students’ Taste Buds
This month, three CCSU member schools – Hiawatha, Summit Street, and Westford – participated in Taste Test Days organized by CCSU Child Nutrition Services and the CCSU Farm to School Team. These were...
View ArticleA High Score
On Wednesday, June 5th, Essex Community Educational Center was inspected by the Vermont Health Department and received a 98 out of 100 score , with 2 points off for a floor that needs painting. For...
View ArticleFree and Reduced Meal Program – Student Benefits
Children need healthy meals to learn. CCSU Food Service offers healthy meals every day. The cost for Breakfast is $1.50 and Lunch is $2.75. Your children may qualify for free meals or reduced price...
View ArticleThe CCSU Child Nutrition Program needs your help!
In order to help support our local child nutrition program, please encourage your student(s) to eat both breakfast and lunch every day at school. Every child that receives the benefit of subsidized...
View ArticleHigh Scores
On November 19th, Essex Rink Cafe was inspected by the Vermont Health Department and received a score of 99 out of 100. Albert D. Lawton School was inspected on October 28th and also received a high...
View ArticleCafeteria Menu on School Main Page
Web team is working in close cooperation with CCSU Child Nutrition Services to improve presentation of daily lunch menu on CCSU website and make school cafeteria more successful in attracting our...
View ArticleNew Chicken Tenders are here at last!
Made with tender, juicy strips of whole-muscle chicken breasts coated with corn breading, new Chicken Tenders are a big crowd pleaser!
View ArticleVegetable of the Day
To encourage our students to eat more vegetables, starting this March CCSU Nutritional Services will be including the hot serving of “Vegetable of the Day” into CCSU schools lunch menus.
View ArticleCCSU Catering Services
Did you know that CCSU Child Nutrition Services now offers catering services? They provide catering year-round for adult meetings (such as Convocation last week), classroom celebrations (birthdays,...
View ArticleSmart Snack Certified Frozen Yogurt
Skip the guilt when you order a New Smart Snack Certified Frozen Yogurt at the EHS Snack Bar. It's a refreshing and satisfying treat!
View ArticleAlbert Delicious Brussel Sprout salad
Kids from ADL Farm to School Cooking Club found out that Brussels sprouts actually taste quite good. They decided to highlight Brussels sprouts for their first school-wide taste test and it was a hit.
View ArticleGrab & Go Delivery
Our new "Express Line" at EHS has grown wheels! We are pleased to announce, due to several requests, that we will now be offering delivery of our signature salads and sandwiches. All grab and go...
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