The Menu for the week has been posted.

Family Vacations Reinvented! Are you planning another family vacation that’s heavy on sedentary activities?  Try switching gears- check out places that are both tranquil and encourage your family to stay active while on vacation! Instead of stuffy hotel rooms and unhealthy buffet dinners, consider these options: Take  your family camping in the great outdoors with picnics in the forest. Go on hikes as a family to teach your children about nature and how to preserve it. Go stargazing, kayaking, canoeing or fishing. See what local organizations or businesses are having events. This weekend, for example Bass Pro Shops is hosting their FREE Summer Kickoff Event, where they’ll teach kids how to have fun and stay safe in the great outdoors.  Go to Bass Pro Shops to find a store near you and get ready for a summer full of adventure! See what you can do for free!  Not only are outdoor vacations fun and exciting, they’re also much cheaper than amusement parks and resorts and sometimes cost nothing at all! Book your next family vacation at one of your local, state or national park and learn how to visit a park for free on June 9th for “Get Outdoors Day!” For foods to pack on your outdoor excursion, and how to keep them safe while camping, check outwww.Superkidsnutrition.com. Courtesy of

The Menu for the week has been posted.  Enjoy your Sunday!!!

Flying Veggies -Making Food Fun Flying vegetables anyone? Have fun making food art with your kids and increase the likelihood of them eating more veggies. Let their imagination and appetite take flight with this twist on ants of a log -just add celery, carrot, bell pepper and fun! 1) Have kids help wash veggies. We keep a fruit and veggie scrub brush by the sink, it’s an easy task to scrub and gets kids involved. 2) Put nut butter along the inside of the celery. Then place passengers in the nut butter. Use raisins or craisins for the passengers. Don’t worry if kids get a little messy or a passenger or two falls over – just say he/she is sleeping. 3) Have your child help you cut the bell pepper for the airplane wings. Young children can use a plastic knife. Discuss the shape first or cut out an example for them to copy. 4)  Save the tinny tip of the carrot for the very front of the propeller. 5) Cut the carrots in circles (3) for the wheels and to for the circular shape behind the propellers. Cut 3 rectangle shapes for the propellers. 6)  Using tooth picks assemble the wheels and propeller. You can use nut butter to stick on the wings, but may need a tooth pick to reinforce them depending on the consistency of the nut butter.  *Be sure to purchase toothpicks that obviously stand out with color, like the toothpicks featured so little kids don’t eat them when eating their veggie airplane! 7) Take a picture of your flying veggies then eat your art! COURTESY OF

Happy Mom's day

The Parent Luncheon was a sucess!
Thank you to all the parents who came to have lunch with their kids.

The menu for the week has been posted.

Get ready, set, GO

Come join your children at 

Discovery's Elementary Parent Luncheon 

on Friday May 11^th

You’ll enjoy:

ü  Wonderful food (taste  the healthy, high quality, wholesome food the cafeteria serves every day)

ü  Delightful company (your children & their friends, their teachers and their friends parents)

ü  Ideal quality time (kids LOVE having their parents at school, it makes them feel soooo special J)

Please pre-order by Monday May 7th 

to ensure we have enough food for everyone

It might be nice if a couple of parents get together 

and treat their kid's teachers/assistants to lunch! 

Just be sure to let us know in time.


The Menu for the week has been posted.  Enjoy your Sunday!

Fliers for Parent Luncheon

Fliers for Parent Luncheon went home today.
Make sure you fill-in blanks and send with exact change by Monday May 7th.

Thanks!

PARENT LUNCHEON MAY 11

2^nd PARENT LUNCHEON MAY 11^th

MENUS

Please pre-order by Monday May 7th to ensure we have enough food for everyone. 

Choices are:

-Fettuccini Alfredo

Deliciously Creamy Sauce with Grilled Chicken Breast, Salad with vinaigrette

-Penne with Meat sauce

Yummy Tomato Meat Sauce, Salad with vinaigrette

-Pizza slice  (cheese, ham or pepperoni)

 Pizza combo (1 pizza slice, 1 juice and 1 dessert)

-Desserts: Cheesecake, Carrot Cake for adults

                Sorbees and cupcakes for kids

It's a very short week next week!!
Remember classes begin on Wednesday.

Top 10 Tips to Help Kids Discover the Wonder of Vegetables MODEL YOUR VEGGIES: If you eat your veggies then your kids will eat theirs too. Research suggests the chances a child eats recommended amounts of healthy foods double if their parents do. See more on parent role modeling.  STOCK THE FREEZER: Try fresh vegetables in frozen form to get your kids’ favorite vegetables all year round. Kids love carrots, corn and peppers – all easy-to-prep options to keep in your “frozen pantry.” See 10 top frozen foods for frozen veggie ideas . GIVE KIDS A CHOICE: Just giving kids a couple of options could mean more veggies. Kids may prefer carrots to celery (they chose carrots 90 percent of the time, in a recent study) but when the choice was offered, they ate 18 percent more than when carrots were the only option. POWER KIDS’ PLATES: Help kids create their own veggie-powered plate, and follow MyPlate advice to fill half the plate with fruits and veggies. The plate size (and even design) can affect how much kids eat. Research shows that large plates and certain plate designs can cause people to take an extra 20 percent or more without knowing it. PLAY THE NAME GAME: Several studies have shown that veggie sales increase as much as 27 percent after carrots become “x-ray vision carrots” and broccoli turns into “broccoli bites.” Come up with your own veggie names, or challenge the family to “name that vegetable.” See the Super Crew® for more great ideas. GET KIDS IN THE KITCHEN:  Look for simple, easy recipes that the entire family can cook. Encourage your kids to discover what they enjoy about veggies too. Incorporating already-prepped frozen veggies and the microwave can make cooking safe and easy for kids. CREATE SUPER SHOPPERS: Kids are more likely to eat what they help pick out, so bring the kids along on your next supermarket trip and let them pick their vegetables. Encourage them to try something new, such as blends of different vegetables, full of diverse tastes, colors, and textures. VEGGIE ASPIRATION: Help your kids develop healthy habits that will last a lifetime. Motivate the little ones and show them that eating healthy foods, like vegetables, can help set them up for success in the activities they love to do. GO FOR THE RAINBOW: Brighten up kids’ diets to help them eat a rainbow of nutrients. Choose different colors and varieties of vegetables, or vegetable blends, to create a palette of key nutrients kids need. ALWAYS READY: Busy schedules make it important to have quick and easy options on hand for the kids.  Stock the freezer with frozen vegetables year-round, and you’ll have convenient, and tasty, vegetables ready to serve at a moment’s notice. Courtesy of  Join SuperKids Nutrition on Facebook for more great daily tips and tools for healthy living.

Menu has been posted.

Parent Luncheon

Mark your calendars!

Discovery's 2^nd Elementary Parent Luncheon, our new tradition in the making -  Take Your Parents to Lunch Day- will be on Friday May 11th.  

It’s the perfect time to head to school and have lunch with your kid, right before mother’s day. 

 Children do better in school when parents are involved.

Facts

Discover other interesting facts that You May Not Know.

In South Africa, termites and ants are often roasted and eaten by the handful, like popcorn.

Flamingo tongues were a common delicacy at Roman feasts.

If you add half a glass of lemonade to a vase of flowers, the bubbles prolong the life of the flowers by up to a week. 

In Great Britain alcoholic lemonade is outselling premium bottled lagers.

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The menu has been posted.

Discover a few interesting facts that You May Not Know.

Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

A can of spam is opened every 6 seconds. Before Internet age, spam wasn't unsolicated email, it was ofcourse a luncheon meat. It is so resistant to spoilage that, if kept in the closed can, it may well outlast eternity and will certainly live longer than human.

Almonds are members of the peach family.

Grape explode when you put them in the microwave.

Carrots were first grown as a medicine (not a food). The ancient Greeks called carrots "Karoto".

If you add half a glass of lemonade to a vase of flowers, the bubbles prolong the life of the flowers by up to a week. In Great Britain alcoholic lemonade is outselling premium bottled lagers.

courtesy of

http://www.fun-interesting-facts.com/interesting_facts_about_food.html

Hope you had a safe and enjoyable break 

over Easter and the School Holidays.

School begins on Wednesday 11^th.

The cafeteria staff had a relaxing break, 
recharged batteries; and are ready to go back 
to provide our outstanding food and service.

The menu for this short week has been posted.

NEW Items have been a Success!!!

The cafeteria is always improving service, nutrition and variety of meals to our school community and has introduced an assortment of new items this school year which have been a resounding hit!

Among them and Already Favorites among our students and teachers:

ü  Buffalo Subs

ü  Tortas de Pollo

ü  Super Baleadas

ü  Cinnamon Rolls

All freshly made and cooked from scratch with the finest ingredients.

NEW ONES TO BE ADDED IN THE COMING WEEKS:

Chilaquiles

Penne Alfredo with chicken and broccoli (we had a similar version before- the broccoli is a new addition to help our students eat more vegetables)

Chicken on a bun 

Steak and Onion Subs

Crunchy Hawaiian Chicken Wraps

Delicious Baklava available at the cafeteria tomorrow.  
L. 20 per piece.

On Monday we'll be making Chicharrones at the cafeteria.

1 lb bags are for sale.

Stop by the cafeteria or email me if you want to buy.








Friday we'll be having pescado frito estilo yojoa, con tajaditas y ensalada de repollo.
Please pre-order so we have enough for everyone!

The Menu for the week has been posted.  Have a good weekend!