December 5, 2023

NEWS

Destination Space 6^th Grade Field Trips Monday, November 13th-Thursday, December 14^th:

6^th grade classes will be taking field trips to Kennedy Space Center on assigned days starting November 13^th through December 14^th. Meals for the field trips will be prepared at Clearlake Central Kitchen. Please notate the following to justify low lunch numbers on the day your 6^th grade is on the field trip:

On Production Records notate: “KSC Space Week 6th Grade Field Trip Special Function (Prepared at Clearlake Central Kitchen).”

On Bank Deposit Reports notate: “KSC Space Week 6^th Grade Field Trip”

CLICK HERE for the Field Trip Schedule

Revised to update Space Coast's New Manager

Cafeteria Manager Lists

CLICK HERE for the Alphabetical Cafeteria Phone List

CLICK HERE for the Numerical Cafeteria Phone List

Equipment and Small Wares Order Form

Please use the form below to order small wares and equipment for the kitchen. The form allows us to track orders more easily and will notify Rafael and Field Ops when a request is made.

Managers should start using this form immediately.

CLICK HERE for Order Form

Smart Sheet & MPulse Sign Up

(for use in submitting work orders)

CLICK HERE to Sign Up

Hanukkah 2023 - Begins December 7 and ends December 15 at nightfall.

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NUTRITION

The following revisions have been to the menu starting January 2024:

All Grade Levels:

Breakfast Yogurt & Grahams revised to BK-28 B-fast Strawberry Yog. Parfait
Week 2 Tuesday- ENT-47 Chicken Salad Croissant revised to ENT-119 Cheesy Garlic French Bread
Week 2 Thursday- ENT-119 Cheesy Garlic French Bread revised to ENT-3G Cheesy Taco Burrito
Week 3 Wednesday- ENT-8 Chicken Parmesan Sandwich revised to ENT-59 Spicy Chicken Wrap

Elementary Schools:

Lunch Menu:

o On Mondays- Veggie Dipper Cup revised to Assorted Vegetable Cup

o SW-1 Veggie Dipper Cup no longer has to be offered daily.

o MUST offer SA-31 Assorted Vegetable Cup on Monday, SR-3A Carrot Sticks on Friday, and Side Salads daily.

Middle, Jr/Sr High and High Schools:

Lunch Menu

o “On the Lighter Side Entrees “no longer have to be offered.

o SW-1 Veggie Dipper Cup MUST be served daily.

Friday, January 5^th is a Manager Workday: Managers must be on site to receive deliveries.

Post-Winter Break Deliveries:

Dean Dairy: ALL SCHOOLS will receive a milk delivery on Friday, January 5, 2024.

Premier Produce:

ALL MIDDLE, JR/SR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOLS will receive a produce delivery on Friday, January 5, 2024.
Remaining schools will receive produce delivery on Monday, January 8^th.
Thursday schools will also receive a second delivery (if ordered) on Thursday, January 11^th.

All other vendors: Follow normal delivery schedule for delivery week January 8-12.

You will not receive strawberries on your deliveries this week due to high cost. Please note the following possible substitutions for strawberries:

Serve other ½ cup portions of fresh fruits in place of ½ cup strawberries.
Substitute pineapple on S-15 Mini Yogurt Parfaits.
New Recipe: BK-28A Breakfast Apple Yogurt Parfait can be used instead of BK-28 B-fast Strawberry Yogurt Parfait.

New Recipes can be used instead of ENT-37A Yogurt Parfait K-8, SP-10 SP Yogurt Parfait and ENT-37B Yogurt Parfait 9-12:

ENT-37C Yogurt Parfait, Apple K-8
ENT-37D Yogurt Parfait, Apple 9-12
SP-10A Yogurt Parfait, Apple

Strawberries will return to the order guide this week and be ready for delivery next week as they are now back in season 😊

Elementary Schools : January- Spotlight on Bell Pepper:

Next month’s new “Spotlight On” Bell Pepper is coming your way via courier. Please place this nutritional flyer on the lunch line where students can see it. Encourage students to try the highlighted Fruit or Veggie option. Contact the Nutrition Team with any questions or concerns.

The Spotlight fruit or vegetable is subject to change based on availability.

Food Expiring before January 8^th, 2024

Please make sure you serve ALL foods that will expire before January 8^th prior to leaving for Winter Break on Friday, December 22^nd.

GFS and Premier Produce WILL NOT ISSUE CREDITS for yogurt, chips and produce that expire over winter break. You may serve another on the Lighter Side Entrée” for the Yogurt and Muffin Platter on Thursday, December 21st so that you do not have leftover yogurt during the holidays.

Please contact the Nutrition Team if you need to make menu adjustments to deplete expiring products.

Thursday GFS, Dade & Lawton order day:

IMPORTANT: - ALL orders MUST be in Horizon and completed by 3pm on Thursday’s. Orders are pulled from Horizon as soon as they are site completed. If you have EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES that may prevent your order from being placed on time, you MUST CALL Tina x 11698 to discuss by 2pm on Thursday.

December 2023 Menus:

CLICK HERE for the December Menus

December Manager Ordering Calendar

CLICK HERE for the December Ordering Calendar

January 2024 Menus:

CLICK HERE for the January Menu

MARKETING

Winter Events!

If your cafeteria is participating in any winter events, please contact Mackenzie Cochran a minimum of 72 hours in advance of the event.

[email protected].

FROM PREVIOUS UPDATES

Propane Invoices AmeriGas: When you receive a delivery from AmeriGas for propane. Make a copy of the delivery ticket and keep at your school. Send ORIGINAL in the courier to Sherry Ray ESF – Accounting.

Civil Rights:

Please check your Civil Rights Signature Sheet to make sure all employees are up to date.

Scan any revised/updated Civil Rights Signature Sheets to [email protected].

TIP OF THE WEEK

How to Make DECORATE The PERFECT Tree!

Once you have your tree either artificial or a real the steps are as follows:

Lights - Start at the base of the trunk and work your way up, wrapping lights around every major branch, moving from the trunk to the tip of each branch.
Garland - Start at the top of the tree, and slowly increase the amount of garland between each wave as you work your way down the branches. Plan to use about two strands of garland for every vertical foot of tree.
Ornaments - To showcase your favorite ornaments, place them in prime positions on the tree first.

Next, hang your larger ornaments, spacing them evenly around the tree. Ornaments in one color but several sizes and textures will create continuity from top to bottom. Hang the larger ones on the bottom, the smaller at the top.
Fill in around those ornaments with medium- and small-size ornaments. Be sure to hang some ornaments closer to the trunk to create depth and interest. They reflect the light to make your tree sparkle from the inside. Make the tree yours by adding specialty items, such as adding handmade ornaments.
Finish the look with a tree topper and a tree skirt.