Student Nutrition :: Mission Statement
"Feeding the Future - Today"
The mission of MISD Student Nutrition Department is to support the educational process by providing nutritious meals to the students of MISD on a daily basis. Numerous studies indicate a direct and positive link between good nutrition and academic performance. The Student Nutrition Association of America summed it up well by saying: “We think food because they can’t think without it”.
MISD Student Nutrition accomplishes this mission by serving over four million meals annually. All menus are planned to meet United States Department of Agriculture, Texas Department of Agriculture and School Meals Initiative guidelines as well as the Texas Nutrition Policy. Additionally, menus are planned to meet the Recommended Dietary Allowances.
In addition to providing our students healthy meals with great customer service, the Student Nutrition Department is available to partner with the established educational process to provide nutrition education in the classroom. The Student Nutrition Department is also available to partner with PTA’s to provide nutrition education to parents.
The MISD Student Nutrition Department appreciates your confidence and the opportunity to feed your children.
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Nutrition
Good nutrition starts with healthy, well-balanced meals but our commitment does not end with the menus. Our goal is to provide nutrition education to students so that they will have an opportunity to make healthy food decisions for a lifetime. Menus are planned to meet Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) which is 1/4 the nutrients for breakfast and 1/3 of the nutrients for lunch. Our menus are also planned to meet The School Meals Initiative (SMI) so that no more than 30 percent of calories are from fat and not more than 10 percent of calories are from saturated fat.
Our menus are progressive with our customers in mind while introducing new and exciting foods and experiences to increase their exposure to the wonderful world of food and nutrition. There are truly no "bad" foods when used in moderation and incorporated properly in a healthy meal.
In 2002-2003, the Student Nutrition Department added a full time Nutrition Coordinator to work in a partnership with each campus to increase the knowledge of students on healthy food choices. Our focus is not only to provide our students with the information that will educate them on how to make healthy food choices for a lifetime, but to also model this mission in our daily menu offerings.
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Service
When you consider what companies that you would like to do business with, one of the areas of consideration is service and consistency. Customers will most frequently visit those business' that offer a quality product, dependability and consistent customer service. Once you have found that level of confidence. loyalty to those businesses usually follows.
One of our main focus points is to insure that each customer from PreK to the Superintendent receives the same prompt, courteous and respectful service that MISD customers have come to know and enjoy. MISD Student Nutrition is committed to providing quality, healthy meals with exceptional service that you, our customers can depend on now and in the future.
The Student Nutrition Department appreciates your confidence, your business and your support for our program.
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