1. 2014-15 Healthy Food Committee Work
Hermosa Beach City School District June 10, 2015 Superintendent – Patricia Escalante
Healthy Food Committee Work

2. Background and Vision
Parents prioritizing health food choices for school lunches
Formation of “Food Moms Committee”
Vision:
All students will have access to healthy food options through the HBCSD cafeteria food program.
ELA - 87% Advanced / Proficient

3. Accomplishments
Exploration and education of state and national food guidelines and requirement
Process for providing a food program to district students
Survey of parents and students about district food program
Need for an updated Wellness Policy
Decision making process
Understanding of what the national/ state nutritional guidelines are – free and reduced lunch
Understanding that HBCSD does not have a cafeteria, contract with Torrance. Not required to provide a school lunch program
Survey provided benchmark data on student preferences, costs of lunch, priority of organic foods – farm to table
Recently approved – important document to guide the district in consistent application of wellness focus
Looking at “low hanging fruit” – changes that could be made quickly and without impact

4. Changes Salad Bar: Change in how fruit is cut
Introduce foods that align with Nutrition Lessons – BCHD
Featuring fruits/vegatables of the week
Aides monitoring and encouraging students how to navigate the salad bar
Parent education
Simple access to fruit at different ages. Whole vs cut apple
Introduce new foods at salad bar that align with lessons – Hickama
Featuring new fruits –
Taking variety try this or that
Addition of displays of salad bar and sample lunches – thank angela

5. Food Swaps Examination of monthly menus
Pizza pilot - Domino vs Fresh Brothers
Prepackaged salads
Partnership with Torrance
Look at daily choices and weekly choices – substitute foods
Extra cost to the district – sales
Kids used to prepackaged – huge hit
Periodic meetings to build relationship

6. Future Focus Create a Wellness display at the food service counter
Examine drinking water options
Expand student education
Parent docents
Kids post pictures from home of meals from nutrition docent lessons
Funding sources for filtered water machines – change the culture
Have a sample salad of the week and accompanied recipe card
Expand committee to support addition of educational components and coordination with grades of green and BCHD docents