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A taste of conejo

A taste of conejo. Conejo Valley Unified School District. Conejo Valley USD serves the communities of Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks, and Westlake Village in the Eastern Ventura County. Students: 20,100

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A taste of conejo

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  1. A taste of conejo

  2. Conejo Valley Unified School District Conejo Valley USD serves the communities of Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks, and Westlake Village in the Eastern Ventura County. Students: 20,100 27 schools- 18 elementary, 5 middle schools, 3 comprehensive high schools, and 1 continuation high school. 23% students eligible for free and reduced price meals

  3. TEAM CVUSD

  4. Production Style Central kitchen: Preps fresh, local, seasonal crops for the elementary schools Prepares entrees, soups, and sides Delivers to sites Catering program Afterschool snacks (three sites) Middle and High Schools: Order, prep, cook, and serve Students Staff Harvest-of-the-Month- all schools

  5. Central Kitchen- New Recipe 1200 Chili Verde Burritos

  6. Menu Planning

  7. Recipe Development and Student Sampling

  8. Central Kitchen Prepping –Mo’ Beans Please!

  9. Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools

  10. Seasonal, Local , Produce

  11. T.O. High School - First Day of Salad Bar

  12. Saddle up to the Salad Bar

  13. Bring a Parent to Lunch Day

  14. Introducing Salad Bar Etiquette to Kinders

  15. Classroom Taste Sampling – Blackberries!

  16. Taste Sampling Pears on the Playground

  17. Staff Development

  18. Empowering staff to share their skills Engaging in the process- collaborating on recipe ideas, marketing, customer service

  19. Staff planning for marketing

  20. CNS Staff Back-to-School Meeting Ahi two-ways and Homemade Pasta Celebrity MasterChef Jr. Troy Glass

  21. Dietetic Interns developing foodservice and catering techniques

  22. Catering- Parent/Student Events

  23. Breakfast Catering Events

  24. Farms- Making the Connections- Big and Small Join the Farm - 5 Acres Deardorff Family Farms Farms 2000 acres

  25. Join the Farm

  26. Deardorf Family Farm We’re Committed to Kale

  27. Partnerships/Stakeholders FoodCorps Member Partner with VC Farm-to-School Culinary Center Partnership for a Healthy Ventura County Conejo PTA Council Join the Farm- Abundant Table California Health and Longevity Center Conejo YMCA Received grant funds: CDE Equipment Assistance Grant VC Public Health –Community Transformation Grant for Farm to school infrastructure and stakeholder assessment for three partner districts

  28. CVUSD Contact Information • Website: http://www.conejousd.org/business/ChildNutrition.aspx • Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Child-Nutrition-CVUSD/289862581168962 • Like us on Facebook! Sandy Curwood, RDN, MS Director, Child Nutrition Services Conejo Unified School District 1400 East Janss Road Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 805-497-9511 ext 256 scurwood@conejousd.org

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