03/26/2024
Congratulations to the March Snackness Champions, Mrs. Gutierrez and Mrs. Yousef's 4th Grade Class from Lord Stirling! Their snack, "Lucy's first day at the beach with her family" taught us about the importance of teamwork in keeping our environment clean for marine animals like Lucy the leatherback turtle and her family -- and to never give up!
March Snackness, a healthy cooking competition inspired by March Madness, challenges students to create their own snack recipe that makes curricular connections across subject areas and follows the principals of "Eat a Rainbow" and "Go, Grow, Glow" foods. Students work with FoodCorps service members and their teachers to create their final snacks, which are then judged on creativity, presentation, and of course: the "yum" factor!
The winners from McKinley, Lord Stirling, and Blanquita B. Valenti Communty Schools and AC Redshaw Elementary School have been competing all month for the title of the 2024 March Snackness Champions, which took place at Blanquita B. Valenti Community School yesterday morning. March Snackness has been happening in the district since 2017 (the brainchild of Steven Louka, current Vice Principal of Blanquita B. Valenti Community School), but this was the first year that multiple schools participated and competed together in the same location during the final Championship round!
Congratulations to ALL of the students who competed! As one wise student said yesterday, "Even if we don't win, that's okay. I had fun and I'm glad we made it this far."
