Articles Highlighting Centennial's Farm to School Program

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Centennial is Loving Local Lunches

Every Wednesday starting on March 6, Dining Services has been creating a new lunch entrée that features healthy, fresh, local ingredients.  We have tried all natural chicken breast in a panko parmesan coating, amazing asparagus, local beef from GrassKickin Farms, cod filets from Flying Fish company and local natural turkey form Willamette Valley meat company and Grasskickin farms, Oregon red potatoes and lots more!  We have tried 5 new entrees and if you missed them the first time we are serving them all one more time! 

o   April 17 – All natural chicken breast in a panko Parmesan breading served with roasted asparagus, roasted sweet potatoes, and Oregon pear. All natural chicken breast form Willamette Valley Meat.

o   April 24 – Baked fish filet served with lemon and seasonings, served with roasted OR red potatoes.  Local, sustainable seafood from Flying Fish Co.

o   May 1 – Beef Stroganoff served with a spinach salad.  Beef from our local farmer, Farmer Shane, at Grasskickin Farms.

o   May 8 – New fashioned all natural white meat Turkey meatloaf.  Served in a muffin-style for easy eatin. 

o   May 15 – Turkey lo mien with snap peas. All natural turkey from Grasskickin Farms. 

Some entrees may change slightly as the growing season changes!  Our Harvest of the Month special for April is Oregon red potatoes and Oregon Pears.  Our Harvest for the Month for May will be Local berries! 

To encourage students to also learn about the growing process and nutrition behind the new lunches, Dining Services has been holding a poster contest for students, classes, and clubs who create posters highlighting healthy foods they love.  Classes and clubs that submit will receive a raised bed garden kit fir their school’s use with gardening compost, soil, and tool support from the ODE grant funds!  This poster contest ends soon so send your submissions to Julie Mack at CMS.  The posters will be used for nutrition promotions throughout the District. 

Keep your eyes open for new menu options and nutrition promotions coming soon to a school near you. Tell you Cafeteria staff thanks for all their amazing work and have a great Local Lunch! 

Did you know ...

You have to walk about three miles to burn off the calories from one 20-ounce soda? It’s the same for a 23-ounce can of sweetened tea.  To burn the calories from one 24-ounce frozen, caramel coffee drink, you have to walk about five and a half miles. That’s the distance from Mississippi Street in North Portland to Hawthorne Boulevard in Southeast Portland!

Check out Multnomah County's It Starts Here for a video and some free downloadable maps!

Grants! 

School has started and you have a great idea for your class or school, but no money to pay for it.  Here are some options for grants that are currently open and taking applications! Many of the links below have multiple grant opportunities.

• http://www.healthinschools.org/News-Room/Grant-Alerts/Healthy-School-Makeover-Contest.aspx
• http://www.healthinschools.org/News-Room/Grant-Alerts/Healthy-Habits-Timing-for-Developing-Sustainable-Healthy-Behaviors.aspx 
• http://www.healthiergeneration.org/schools.aspx?id=4578 (dates vary)
• http://www.shapingamericasyouth.org/programs.aspx?page=featured

My favorite grant and organization  East Portland Action Plan!  They are the Safe Routes 2 School funders for the Parklane and Oliver grant.  Thanks EPAP!

East Portland Action Plan has released  the EPAP 2013 Grants Programapplication due by November 15, 2012 at 5:00 PM (click on the following link to access the application): 2012.10.01 EPAP 2013 Grant Application.doc or2012.10.01 EPAP 2013 Grant Application.pdf.

 

To learn more about the East Portland Action Plan, please go to the web site atwww.eastportlandactionplan.org   or contact Advocate lore wintergreen at 503.823.4035 or lore.wintergreen@portlandoregon.gov .

 

The Action Plan was designed by the community, for the community, to:

§         Improve the quality of life for East Portland residents;

§         Foster strong community connections;

§         Increase the area’s regional significance; and

§         Enhance equity.

Centennial gets highlighted in the WISE newsletter! 

WISE is the Wellness In School Environment group.  They are a collaboration of multiple organizations committed to creating a healthy school environment and a healthy community for us all. Check pout the Turning Policy Into Action  article to read about all the great Healthy Happenings in Centennial.  

Contact Julie Mack for your very own copy.  

Centennial's Resource Committee is Back in Action

The Centennial Resource Committee (CRC) had their first meeting of the school year and lots of exciting Green School Projects are in the works!

CLC has reduced their garbage in half by composting food scraps!  What began as a Pilot Program has turned into a permanent change in their school culture.  Students and staff are composting, recycling and saving.  They have gone from a 2 yard garbage bin to a one yard.  Great work CLC!

Pleasant Valley is having a WildSide work day on October 13 form 9am till noon.  Planting trees and protecting the wetland!

Lynch View made $450 by recycling with TerraCycle.  They are creating a garden space and are thinking about school composting also!  LV was also just awarded Premier Green School Status!  

Are you interested in applying for some Green School Start up grant funds?  Contact julie_mack@centenail.k12.or.us and she will get you an application. 

CRC Meeting Dates for 2012-13:

November 20

January 22

March 19

May 21

all meetings are on a Tuesday at 3:45 in the District Office Board Room

Centennial current Green School Status:

School                        Certification Level           Expiration Date

Elementary

Butler Creek                                                                               Expired

Oliver Elementary                                                                      Expired as HOI

Parklane Elementary                    Premier                                 Expired as HOP

Lynch Meadows                           Entry                                   January 2013

Lynch View                                  Premier                                             

Lynch Wood                                                                                      Expired

Pleasant Valley                             Entry                                     January 2013

Middle

CMS                                                                                                  Expired

High

CHS                                                   Entry                                     March 2015

CLC                                                   Merit                                     June 2015

Grant Opportunities

Fuel Up To Play 60
A grant program through the Oregon Dairy Council that offers up to $4,000 for healthy eating and physical activity promotions.

East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation
Grants of up to $1500 to support conservation projects, conservation education, and community events promoting natural resources conservation.

Umpqua Bank Community Giving
Focused on Youth development and education, The Arts, and Community development

Contact Julie Mack for more grant ideas.