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Welcome to Nutrition and Food Services Our Mission is to help students achieve academic excellence by promoting nutrition, fitness, and well-being. To provide low cost, nutritious, well-balanced, and good-tasting meals so that students, educators, and staff will be able to perform at their best. Our team also strives to provide excellent customer service to ensure a quality customer experience for all our stakeholders.
Our Vision is we are dedicated to building our students' education one plate at a time by providing proper nutrition to grow healthy minds and wellness for life.
Our Philosophy is that a child’s comprehensive development depends on a combination of physical, mental and psychosocial factors. The School Nutrition Program in combination with academia, applicable school-based community programs, physical education and adequate activity are important aspects of a child’s physical, mental and psychosocial development. Our successful alliance will achieve the common goal of comprehensive child development including enhanced learning through the facilitated provision of nutrition and physical education, healthy meals, adequate physical activity, and diverse mentoring.
Our Motto is good nutrition is a catalyst for quality teaching and learning! Why? It is because good health partly stems from good nutrition which impacts quality teaching and learning. Hence, we encourage both teacher and student to support and promote our food and nutrition services every day.
NCSS School Nutrition wins a 2019 Golden Radish Award!
Official Press Release: https://www.newtoncountyschools.org/departments/public_relations/news/2019_golden_radish_award
NCSS School Nutrition proudly participates in the Farm to School Program! We proudly feature locally grown items on our menus. Fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, peaches, strawberries and blueberries, just to name a few. We are the recipient of a 2017, 2018, and 2019 Gold-level Golden Radish Award which honors school districts that have school gardens, feature locally grown food items, and provide Farm-to-School educational activities!
Farm-to-School for Fresh Fruits & Vegetables Across the country, an increasing number of schools and districts have begun to source more foods locally and to provide complementary educational activities to students that emphasize food, farming, and nutrition. This nationwide movement is designed to enrich children’s bodies and minds while supporting local economies is often referred to as “Farm-to-School.” A Farm-to-School Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program can be an important catalyst for change in our efforts to combat childhood obesity by helping children learn more healthful eating habits. It has also been proven to be a successful way to introduce kids and teens to a variety of produce that they otherwise might not have the opportunity to sample. Please encourage our children to taste test our featured Georgia Grown produce (harvest) of the month. Our menus indicate the produce of the month harvested by our hardworking Georgia farmers and is our signature Farm-to-School promotion activity. Thanks in advance for promoting our nutrition and food services!
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Non-Discrimination Statement
Declaración de No Discriminación [Spanish]
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:
(1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
(2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider
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