SCHOOL LUNCHES
As you have become aware, we have made changes to our school lunch program.
Effective July 2012, the USDA, the office that governs the nutrition requirements for school food service programs, mandated 72 new "rules" that directly impact what we serve, the amount of each item we serve and how often we must serve these items. While these changes continue to improve the nutrition for our children throughout the US – this is different than how we served our students in years past.
It is your food service team’s responsibility to ensure that the new nutritional requirements are in place. It is very important that we continue to communicate these changes and the positive impact they have on our students.
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Our program will continue to exceed the guidelines set forth by the USDA. The following chart outlines a quick comparison of the "Then and Now" for lunch. A Short Explanation | |||
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Prior to 7/1/12 |
Required Changes Starting 7/1/12 | ||
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Complete LUNCH Meal |
Students choose a minimum of three of the offered items: 1- Entrée (Usually both protein & grain) 2- Grain (usually with the "entrée") 3- Vegetable ("side item") 4- Fruit ("side item") 5- Milk Each child must choose from three of the above items offered to have a complete meal. Portion sizes have minimum requirements only Children can have as much of each as they want |
Students choose a minimum of three of the five offered items. One item MUST include a ½ cup of fruit or vegetable Protein and bread portion sizes have minimum and maximum (new) size requirements: A minimum of ½ of the bread and grain choices (buns, rolls, pizza crust, sandwich bread, rice, noodles, etc.) must be whole grain, and grain portions are smaller than before. Every student MUST take a minimum of ½ cup of fruit or vegetable with their meal. White milk may only be 1% or skim; chocolate milk (or any other flavored milk) can only be skim Each child may NOW choose: One of a variety of entrees Fruits Vegetables Milk At a minimum, each child MUST now choose at least ½ cup of fruit or vegetable and two other items that are offered each day. | |
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Through our bylaws committee meeting on Monday, we determined that we needed to also advertise for a Nominating Committee Chair. Here’s a summary of the Nominating Committee’s responsibilities:
Article X – Committees; Section 2 Duties D – The Nominating Committee shall be composed of a Chairman and at least four additional members, with the Chairman being selected by the M-S PTO Executive Board. The Chairman position may not be held by the President. The Nominating Committee needs to be ready to meet by January and start gathering the slate of officers for the next school year. The Committee will need to present the slate of officers in the March Executive Committee Meeting and General PTO Meeting (March 7th) and be available for the April meetings as well when the voting will take place.
Please contact our President know if you are interested: Tina Smith tinacsmith6@aol.com
SMILE HEALTHY CLINIC
All students in Kindergarten, 2ND, AND 6TH grades are required by the State of Illinois to have a dental examination on file with their school. If your child has not had a dental exam, please see the attached documents from Smile Healthy. It must be turned in no later than Oct. 20, 2012.
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M-S Enrichment Connection
The M-S Enrichment Connection is trying to promote an opportunity to earn the schools additional money.
Our kids deserve a bright future!
Our schools can receive up to $10,000 in Target GiftCards® for books or any
supplies we need. Wouldn’t that be great? All we need to do is vote for our
school each week until September 8. For every 25 votes our school receives,
Target will send our school a $25 gift card. Visit the Give With Target® app at
Facebook.com/Target. And vote!
You can vote for only one school per week, so keep coming back!
Pass this information to all of your friends and family, especially those on Facebook!
**Please visit our website at www.msenrichment.org as there have been many recent updates**
MAHOMET PUBLIC LIBRARY
Vote for Books
Vote for your favorites starting Sept. 4 - November 7
Then join us for the Party on November 8!
KANGAROO MATH
Registration for Math Kangaroo 2013 will start September 12.
Since competition will take place on March 21, 2013, which is during spring break, we are changing the location to Mahomet Public Library.
This time seating will be limited. We can only seat 35 students simultaneously.
Right now we will have openings for 5pm.
Might be able to add second group at 6:30 if needed.
As in previous years registration can be made on the following page:
http://www.mathkangaroo.org/2010page/kangur/index.htm
Gosia Strzebonska
Please see the attached information regarding Middletown Half-Day Tuition-Based Preschool Option
Please direct any questions to Carol Shallenberger, MECC Principal, 217-586-5833
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Band Together 4 Music
Hi, My name is Ally Sussman and I am in the 7th grade band at MSJH. I am doing a service project to help more kids be in the band. My service project is called Band Together 4 Music and I need your help.
You can help give students the opportunity to join the band by donating to Band Together 4 Music (BT4M).
BT4M is collecting instruments to be used by students who cannot afford to buy or rent an instrument. If you have a band instrument that is not being used, please donate it. Instruments can be dropped off at the IGA, the Mahomet Public Library and the Music Shoppe in Champaign. All donated instruments become property of the Mahomet-Seymour Schools.
If you would like to help but you do not have an instrument, please donate money. The money collected is used to repair the donated instruments.
Since June 2011 eleven instruments have been donated, and money collected to repair eight of them.
If you are entering 5th grade next year and would like to join the band but cannot afford your own instrument, talk with Mr. Stevens and Mr. Barnish about the Band Together 4 Music program.
For more information about this program see my website: bandtogether4music.weebly.com
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