PSJA Child Nutrition

🌞 Summer Feeding Sites for PSJA ISD 🌞

No cost for kids 18 and younger and enrolled students up to 21 years old with disabilities. Child must be present for meals.
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Sin costo para niños de 18 años o menos y estudiantes matriculados de hasta 21 años con discapacidad. El niño debe estar presente para las comidas.

🍎 The Child Nutrition Program at Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District (PSJA ISD) is committed to ensuring that all children have access to nutritious meals during the summer months. Remember, a nutritious meal can make a difference in a child’s day! Spread the word and help ensure that no child goes hungry this summer. 🥪🍎

Summer Meal Program starts June 10, 2024. More information coming soon!

El programa de comidas de verano comienza el 10 de junio de 2024. ¡Más información próximamente!

Way to go Habraham! Thank you for representing our PSJA Child Nutrition family and talking about our farm to school efforts. We hope you continue to inspire others to promote, eat and buy local.

Check out this amazing panel at the Food Summit! 🤓

They will talk about the challenges and opportunities for getting local produce to schools.

🍏Carmen is a Child Nutrition Director/Administrator and in her role at Region One ESC she assisted 46 school districts in areas of compliance, financial management, and procurement.

🍏Habraham works creating and implementing a district-wide Farm to School program for Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD.

🍏Bella is the Program Director at the Institute of Ecology, Scholarship, and Health, she oversees key initiatives like the Verdant Exchange and the annual Food Summit.

🍏Allen is the Director of Educational Habitat, Landscaping & Gardens at Region One ESC and has helped design and build "Outdoor Learning" at 34 Schools within 4 School Districts.

Register at https://ecohealthinstitute.com/food-summit/ or through the link in bio!

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¡Checa este increíble panel del Food Summit! 🤓

Hablaran de los desafíos y oportunidades para prover verduras, frutas, y proteínas locales a las escuelas.

🍏Carmen es Directora/Administradora de Nutrición Infantil y en su función en Region One ESC, ayudó a 46 distritos escolares en áreas de cumplimiento, gestión financiera y adquisiciones.

🍏Habraham trabaja creando e implementando un programa de la granja a la escuela para todo el distrito escolar de Pharr-San Juan-Alamo.

🍏Bella es la directora de programas en el Institute of Ecology, Scholarship, and Health, y supervisa iniciativas como Verdant Exchange y el Food Summit.

🍏Allen es el director de Hábitat Educativo, Paisajismo y Jardines en Region One ESC y ha ayudado a diseñar y construir "Aprendizaje al aire libre" en 34 escuelas dentro de 4 distritos escolares.

¡Regístrate en https://ecohealthinstitute.com/food-summit/ o mediante el enlace en la biografía!

Thank you Food Bank RGV INC and PSJA Pathways Toward Independence/LIFE Program for helping provide fresh fruits and vegetable to our students at Henry Ford Elementary.

Thank you for promoting our Farm to School program by providing our students with the opportunity of seeing and eating fresh fruits and vegetables.

Local Kale and Cabbage Salad 🥗

Did you know that for the month of March we served locally grown vegetables as part of our Farm to School program. Highschool students had the opportunity to try our local kale and cabbage salad, topped with Craisins (Dried cranberries) and low fat dressing.

The kale and cabbage where grown in the RGV by local farmers and processed fresh at our cafeteria. Thank you CNP staff for helping provide fresh produce and creating amazing salad art in the process.

Local produce served in March included: celery, green & red cabbage, tomatoes, and kale.

It's National School Breakfast Week! 🥞❤️

Did you know? Studies suggest that eating breakfast helps children do better in school by improving memory, alertness, concentration, problem-solving ability, test scores, school attendance, and mood. ⭐️

What's your favorite breakfast food?

We are Hiring!

Join our team.

Thank you Mr. Contreras and Ms. Garza for allowing us to give the children of Ford Elementary a special treat (C.C. Cookies) for Valentine's Day ❤️❤️

Thank you CNP staff for always going above and beyond! We are proud to have you as part of our family.

Thank you Drs. Reed & Mock Elementary for participating in our Farm to School Initiative and making Kale Smoothies.

We hope the students enjoyed learning about healthy food choices through growing and eating fresh fruits and vegetables.

Happy Faces "Full Tummies"

Students who eat well are Students who learn more!

Panza llena, Corazon contento!

Kudos to Ms. Soto’s students for their efforts in harvesting from their school garden. It's a great hands-on learning experience.

Farm to School Kale Smoothie 🥤

Students at Jesus "Jesse" Vela, Jr. Middle School (formerly Alamo Middle School) harvested Kale from the Outdoor Learning Space's garden and made smoothies.

With just 4 ingredients (Kale🌿, Pineapple juice🍍, Greek Yogurt, Ice🧊) students where able to taste for the first time Kale in a fun and refreshing way. The goal of our Farm to School program is to enable students to grow, harvest, cook, and eat new fruits vegetables that come from a sustainable school garden.

Thank you, Henry Ford students for making 'Thank You' cards for our cafeteria staff.

CNP is blessed to have wonderful cafeteria staff in all our kitchens that help create bright minds by providing healthy and nutritious meals everyday.

Congratulations on completing the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) 2023 Farm Fresh Challenge!

You have earned recognition for meeting all challenge parameters with a high level of achievement.

Please join us for our 3rd annual Farm to School Market!

Join us for the 3rd annual Farm to School Market on Friday, November 10 hosted at Palacios Elementary! Berta Palacios Elementary and Cesar Chavez Elementary have joined forces to bring you performances by their Folklorico, Cheer, and Choir. The RGV Food Bank will also be giving away bags of food. Come on out to support the clubs and students at the market!

Glad we could be a part of it!

Mobile Kitchen Coming Soon!

This will help us take our Farm to School initiative on wheels. What better way than having it student built and students led.

Farm Fresh 2023 🥦🍓👩‍🌾

Thank you Alfred Sorensen Elementary for participating in our Farm Fresh challenge and we hope you enjoyed a refreshing watermelon water 🍉💧.

Happy National School Lunch Week! 🍎🥑🍓🫐

was created in 1962 to promote the importance of a healthy school lunch.

Thank you to our PSJA Child Nutrition team for working hard to provide our students with delicious and nutritious meals every day.

Shoutout to PSJA Early College High School Graphic Design student Kimberly Berrones for creating this design. This is part of an ongoing collaboration with our PSJA Communications Dept. to provide students with real industry experiences.