Davis Street School Connects CMT’s with CMT’s (Chefs Move To Schools)!

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Media Contact: Timothy Cipriano, (203) 946-8813 ext. 11 Cell – (203) 410-0831

timothy.cipriano@new-haven.k12.ct.us

DAVIS STREET SCHOOL TAKES CMT TESTS TO A NEW LEVEL

Davis Street School Connects CMT’s with CMT’s (Chefs Move To Schools)!

 

What: In conjunction with the end of National School Breakfast Week and the Connecticut Mastery Test; Davis Street School teamed up with New Haven School Food Services to bring a dynamic program into the school. Working with Michelle Obama’s Chefs Move to Schools Program, UCONN Dietetics Program, Yale University Lacrosse Team and the School Nutrition Association’s School Breakfast Detective’s contest the children will listen to two speakers talking about the importance of physical activity and healthy eating.

Prizes will also be awarded to the students who participated and won the school level “School Breakfast Detective” Book Cover contest. The top three winners will be entered into a national contest.

Agenda:

              Hot Healthy Breakfast served

              “The Importance of Breakfast”: Alfonso Costa, Yale Lacrosse Player

              “Healthy Eating” food demo & presentation with Chef Jeff Schack

             Award Ceremony for the top “School Breakfast Detective” Book Covers

When: Friday, March 11, 2011

            9:30am-10:30am

Where: Davis Street School

            130 Orchard Street, New Haven, CT 06515

Photo Opportunities Available!

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Chef Tim to present in NYC regarding proposed USDA standards for school meals

On Tuesday March 8th, the Food Systems Network of NYC has invited Chef Tim to present on a panel of Nationally Reknowned School Meal Experts to discuss the proposed USDA standards for school meals that were introduced on January 13th. The seminar will begin with a tour of La Marqueta, the recently renovated market space in East Harlem, which houses the newly opened kitchen incubator run by Hot Bread Kitchen.

The USDA proposal requires school meal standards, which would add more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free and low-fat milk to school meals, and are based on the most recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations. Schools would also be required to limit the levels of saturated fat, sodium, calories, and trans fats in meals. The panel will discuss the possibilities for improved meal quality for our public school students.



Our speakers will be:

Amie Hamlin, Executive Director, New York City Coalition for Healthy School Food

Laura Stanley, Learning Lab Manager, School Food FOCUS

Timothy Cipriano, Executive Director, Food Services for New Haven Public Schools

Moderated by Jenny Dirksen, Northeast Director, Share our Strength.



Please join us to learn more about the proposed standards and their impact on school meals.
Click here to read the proposed changes.



Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm



Location: Meet at La Marqueta

1607 Park Avenue New York, NY 10029



Directions: La Marqueta is located on Park Avenue, directly under the Metro North tracks, between 114th and 115th Streets. The nearest subway stop is the 6 at 116th Street. Exit on Lexington Avenue, walk 1 block west to Park Avenue and turn left. You will see the entrance to the front of La Marqueta on 115th Street—continue 1 block south, past the entrance, to 114th Street. The entrance is in the back of the building in the loading area, please ring bell for entry.





Panel Location: We will walk over to the East Harlem Asthma Center for the panel discussion after the tour.

East Harlem Asthma Center for Excellence (EHACE)

161-169 East 110th Street (between Lexington Ave and Third Ave)

New York, NY 10029


Source: http://www.foodsystemsnyc.org/network_events/onm-march-11

Comment on the Proposed Rule to Update School Meals

Click HERE for an easy to read presentation of the upcoming changes in the Child Nutrition Meal Pattern as recommended by the Institute of Medicine. If you are interested in seeing changes to the current meal pattern with regards to portion sizes and/or the actual food we are regulated to serve I strongly encourage you to review this presentation and to share your comments with the USDA during the 90 day window. 

Chef Tim will give the opening keynote at SNA of Massachusetts ABCs of USDA Foods Conference this Thursday!

This Thursday I have been invited to give the opening keynote presentation at the SNA Massachusetts ABC's of USDA Foods Conference in Boxborough, MA. Immediately following SNA of Massachusetts President’s Welcome, I will present the keynote, titled "Thinking Outside the Lunch Box".

The text from the website offers up this glimpse of the presentation:
Discover new ways to shape and design your school meals programs. Tim Cipriano, Chef and Executive Director of Food Services in New Haven, CT, is passionate about school nutrition and childhood hunger.


Let’s Move! Chef, Tim Cipriano will start the day with exciting stories from the front lines, hear how your peers divert their commodities, and learn how to increase your participation rates.


He will share his stories on how his passions have helped shape New Haven’s meal programs into one of the most progressive programs in the country all while increasing reimbursable meal counts, increasing revenue and keeping expenses down. All that and no chicken nuggets!


As part of the Chefs Move to Schools initiative he is on the cutting edge of child nutrition, working with the First Lady’s office, Congress, and the USDA. Tim is a dynamic speaker with lots to share.

The conference continues with presentations on:

-The ABCs of Diverting Your USDA Foods Commodities

-Massachusetts School Nutrition Bill Update

-Learn How to Increase Your Participation

-Commodity Exhibits


-Commodity Cooking Demo- These cooking demos will feature new ways to use your USDA Foods  
                                              Commodities. Chef Tim will be making a simple, yet flavorful Black Bean & 
                                              Corn Salsa. I will be joined  on the Kitchen Cooking Demo Stage by Bridget
                                              Collins, Assistant Food Service Director and Chef/Nutrition Coordinator in
                                              Medford Public Schools, and Dennis McAlary, the new Let’s Move! chef
                                              in the Manchester/Essex School District.
More information can be found on the SNA of Massachusetts website: http://www.maschoolfood.org/meeting-winter-2011.htm














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