Parents

Parents
Parents are an integral part of the success of our Keeble students. Our staff has made a commitment to assist all Keeble parents with the education of their children. Workshops offered periodically throughout the year give parents at Keeble the opportunity to become active participants in their child’s education. The parent workshops are led by our own Keeble teachers and focus on the prekindergarten curriculum areas of reading, math, language development, and health. We offer ESL classes on Saturdays. Adult Related to Kids (ARK) classes are parenting classes that are offered every Tuesday in English and every Thursday in Spanish. Family Nights are scheduled the last Tuesday of each month. Teachers provide useful information to the parents. We present different topics and we teach different skills to the parents. Parents are encouraged to reinforce the skills with their children at home. Parent Workshops are provided by their child’s classroom teacher. Teachers plan and present a variety of skills, and provide examples on how they can use everyday items from home to teach their children. Parents are encouraged to volunteer their time through our parent volunteer program S.O.C.K. – Serving Our Children at Keeble. Parents can volunteer during the school day in the classroom, library, other areas of the building, after hours, at home or at one of our many after school functions. For more information regarding parenting programs offered at Keeble, please contact our Parent Coordinator.

Healthy Choices in Our Cafeteria

August, 2012

Dear Aldine Families,

This fall, Aldine Independent School District cafeterias are meeting new federal nutrition standards for school meals, ensuring that meals are healthy and well-balanced and provide students all the nutrition they need to succeed at school. Now is a great time to encourage your kids to choose school breakfast and lunch! School meals offer students milk, fruits and vegetables, proteins and grains, and they must meet strict limits on saturated fat and portion size. Starting in School Year 2012-2013, school lunch will meet additional standards requiring:

Age-appropriate calorie limits

Larger servings of vegetables and fruits (students must take at least one serving of produce)

A wider variety of vegetables, including dark green and red/orange vegetables and legumes

Fat-free or 1% milk (flavored milk must be fat-free)

More whole grains

And less sodium

Fortunately, meals served by Aldine Child Nutrition Services already meet existing nutrition standards and many of the new requirements as well.

We’re always working to offer Aldine students healthier and tastier choices. Initiatives such as breakfast at no cost, multiple menu choices, fresh made salads, fresh fruits and vegetables served daily, and made-to-order sub sandwiches are currently in place.

We look forward to welcoming your children to the cafeteria this fall. To find out more about Aldine’s healthy school meals, please visit www.AldineCafe.com and to get the facts about school meals visit www.TrayTalk.org.

Thank you!

Sincerely,

Dani Sheffield, Executive Director

Child Nutrition Services

Estimadas Familias:

Este otoño, los comedores del Distrito Escolar de Aldine (AISD por sus siglas en inglés) satisfarán los nuevos estándares nutricionales del gobierno federal para las comidas escolares. Los nuevos estándares asegurarán alimentación balanceada y saludable además de brindarles a los alumnos una sólida base nutricional para desarrollarse, crecer y tener éxito en la escuela. ¡Ahora es el momento de animar a sus hijos a comer a diario el desayuno y almuerzo escolar!

Las comidas escolares incluyen leche, fruta, verduras, proteínas y cereales/trigo e incluso no sobrepasan los límites de grasa saturada y satisfacen las raciones de comida. Comenzando en el curso 2012-2013, el almuerzo escolar satisfará los siguientes estándares adicionales que requiere el gobierno federal:

Un límite de calorías de acuerdo a la edad de los alumnos

Raciones más grandes de verduras y frutas (los alumnos deben comer al menos una ración de estos alimentos)

Una variedad más grande de verduras, incluyendo aquellas de color verde oscuro y color rojo/naranja e incluso legumbres secas

Leche descremada o semidescremada (al 1% de grasa) — lecha saborizada debe ser descremada

Más alimentos integrales
Y alimentos con menos sodio (sal)

Afortunadamente, los alimentos que brinda el Departamento de Servicios de Alimentación del Niño del AISD ya satisfacen los estándares nutricionales existentes además de muchos de los nuevos requisitos.

Estamos trabajando para ofrecerles a los alumnos del AISD opciones más saludables y apetitosos. Iniciativas diarias como desayunos gratis, un menú de múltiples opciones, ensaladas frescas, frutas frescas y verduras e incluso sándwiches (emparedados) hechos a la medida están actualmente en vigor.

Estamos deseando darles la bienvenida a sus hijos este otoño. Para informarse más sobre los alimentos saludables que brindan los comedores escolares del AlSD, por favor visite www.AldineCafe.com; para conseguir información sobre las comidas escolares visite www.TrayTalk.org.

¡Gracias!

Dani Sheffield, Directora Ejecutiva

Dpto. de Servicios de Alimentación Escolar

Distrito Escolar de Aldine

Phone:	(281) 878-6860
Fax:	(281) 878-6869
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