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to School Program provides fresh fruits and vegetables to our students. Ourmission continues to be serving nutritious meals to all students.Our computerized system continues to make the Food Service Departmentmore efficient both for students and for administrators. Elementary cafeteriasuse a pre-paid system roster; while middle and high school students use a pinnumber or student ID at all serving lines. This operation has increased the speedof our serving lines and has reduced the amount of cash. We are now offeringon line payments to our families. They can view their children’s transactions andset up low balance emails for themselves.In March, our schools received a grant from Whole Foods for the purchaseof a fruit and vegetable cart. We received a $3,000 grant from the supermarketchain as part of the Salad Bars 2 Schools campaign in the Dedham location.Having this piece of equipment will encourage our students to take more fruitsand vegetables with their lunch.Our Food Service Director and all of our cafeteria managers continue tobe certified with the School Nutrition Association of America, a leading organizationcommitted to educating and supporting school nutrition and food serviceprofessionals. They have all completed a twelve hour nutrition class and areall serve safe certified with the National Restaurant Association and have attendedfood allergy awareness classes.Milton Community SchoolsMilton Community Schools continued to increase programs during the2010/2011 school year providing enrichment opportunities outside of schoolhours at all four elementary schools.Nearly 300 students attended the Early School Arrival Programs. In addition,Milton Community Schools added before school Morning MindfulnessWorkshops at each school. These courses introduced elementary students to introspectivemeditation, focusing on breath awareness and how to use mindfulnessto calm down, focus, and help in conflict resolution. Milton parent andcertified meditation instructor Andrew Kelley presented these concepts successfullyto several groups.Over 650 students attended the After School Enrichment (ASE) programs,taking part in classes that included Karate, Computer, Creative Writing, Sports,Arts & Crafts, Drama, and Homework Club. Some newer offerings at ASE includedPiano Playtime, small-group keyboard lessons and Espanol Es Excelente,a Spanish language and culture experience offered in cooperation with theMPS World Language Department.226