The Key Ingredient

We’re thrilled to welcome Danny Smith to our team! Danny brings over 20 years of warehouse experience and 7 years with Leavenworth Nutrition Services. His strong background and knowledge of school nutrition operations will be a huge asset to our department. We’re excited to have someone with so much experience joining us—welcome to Park Hill Nutrition Services, Danny!

Attendance Incentives Are Here!

Great attendance keeps our cafés running smoothly and our students smiling. We’re rolling out fun rewards to celebrate your commitment:

• 6-Week Perfect Attendance (Individual): Your name goes into a drawing for a small prize.

• 6-Week Perfect Attendance (Team): Your whole crew earns a special treat!

• Full Semester: Receive a recognition certificate and a chance to win a trip to a state or national food-service conference.

• Entire School Year: Enjoy a $100 bonus for your dedication.

🌟Show up, shine, and let’s celebrate together—because every day you’re here makes a difference!

Please join us in wishing a warm farewell to Nikkii Cox, who is moving into a full-time custodian position. Nikkii was recently honored by Russell Jones for her extraordinary kindness, warmth, and dedication. She has been a shining star at her school—serving students all on her own—and always doing so with a smile.

We are grateful for her service and the positive impact she has had on students and staff. She will be greatly missed (though we hope to see her around the district), and we wish her all the best in her new role!

JonnyPops mission is to create “A Better Pop for a Better World.” Each popsicle stick features a printed kind deed, helping to promote kindness throughout our schools. In celebration of World Kindness Day, every student who received a school lunch was also surprised with a JonnyPops treat.

Keeping our students safe starts with clean kitchens! When it comes to food allergies, proper cleaning is essential — even small traces of an allergen can cause a reaction. Always wash, rinse, and sanitize all surfaces, utensils, and equipment between uses. Remember: wiping isn’t enough — use clean cloths and approved sanitizers to remove residue. Prepare allergen-free foods first to reduce chance of cross contact. Taking these extra steps helps protect our students and ensures every meal is safe and worry-free!

We've had our first taste of winter and we want to let you know what happens when bad weather, temperatures, or road conditions make it unsafe to get to school.

The state allocated six AMI (alternative methods of instruction) distance learning days, which means that on inclement weather days, all students will learn from home from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. On the seventh bad-weather day, we will call a snow day, which would mean all students will not have school.

You will be able to watch 3 Vector Trainings to get paid for these AMI days. We will send out a list of approved trainings. You will not do Vector Training on Snow Days. These days will be made up at the end of the school year.

1. Minimize outside activities, particularly the elderly and very young. This also goes for pets.
2. Dress in layers. Wear several loose-fitting, lightweight clothing items instead of one heavy layer. Make sure the outer garments are tightly woven and water repellent. Invest in high-quality thermal underwear and layer it beneath a turtleneck. Top it off with a wool sweater and a long coat or fleece-lined parka. Consider wearing runners’ tights underneath your pants for added warmth, which is even more effective than thermal underwear.
3. Wear the right gear. Our bodies prioritize keeping our organs warm, so it’s important to protect our hands and feet from the cold. Consider wearing wool-lined winter gloves or heavy mittens, along with sturdy and waterproof boots. Don’t forget to wear a hat that covers your ears and use a scarf to cover your face and mouth for extra protection for your lungs.
4. Excessive exposure can lead to frostbite, which is damaging to body tissues. Frostbite causes a loss of feeling and a pale appearance in extremities, such as fingers, toes, ear lobes or the tip of the nose. If symptoms are detected, get out of the cold. Go to a warm room, soak in warm water. Do not massage or use a heating pad. Seek medical help.
5. Do not leave pets outside during cold weather extremes. They need adequate shelter. In sub-zero temperatures, their paws, noses and ears can succumb to frostbite—bring them inside. If you can’t bring them in your home, house them in a garage or basement with plenty of warm bedding.
6. Know the warning signs of hypothermia: uncontrollable shivering, memory loss, disorientation, incoherence, slurred speech, drowsiness and apparent exhaustion. If body temperature drops below 95 degrees, seek immediate medical care.
7. Be safe with heat sources. When using alternate heating sources, such as your fireplace, wood stove or space heater, take the necessary safety precautions to ensure they are ventilating properly. Keep a fire extinguisher handy, and make sure everyone in the household knows how to use it. Test smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. If you use a generator, be sure you know how to do so safely. Always use outdoors, at least 20 feet away from windows, doors, and attached garages. Use heavy-duty extension cords.
8. Seal off unused rooms by stuffing rolled-up towels in the cracks under the doors. At night, cover windows with extra blankets or sheets. Consider installing inexpensive insulating window film, which you can purchase at any hardware store.
9. Save the food. If you lose power for an extended period of time, don’t let food go to waste! Use the outdoors as a makeshift freezer for food. Be sure to cover items to protect from wildlife.
10. To keep pipes from freezing, wrap them in insulation or layers of newspapers, covering the newspapers with plastic to keep out moisture. Allow a trickle of water to run from a faucet if your pipes have frozen in the past. This will keep the water moving so that it cannot freeze. Learn how to shut off your water if a pipe should burst.
11. Be a good neighbor. Check in with elderly or disabled relatives and neighbors to ensure they are safe.

DECEMBER ANNIVERSARIES:

• Traci Sheen 3 years
• Evelyn Brecke 2 years
• Kathleen Robey 2 years

DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS:

• 12/04 Joebeth Stanley
• 12/13 Melissa Wolf
• 12/19 Christi O'Dell
• 12/23 Sarah Wohlford
• 12/24 Kyle Stadler
• 12/29 Jodi Otero

DECEMBER

12/01: I 💗🍊🐔Day!

12/11: Nutrition Services HOLIDAY PARTY 🐧 @ Support Services Center 2:30pm-4:30pm

*** We are holding a clothing and food drive! If you’re able, please consider donating gently used clothing and shelf-stable food items. ***

12/22: Winter Break Begins

JANUARY

1/01: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

1/02: Manager's Prep Day

1/05: 1st Day Back from Break

1/12: I 💗🍊🐔Day!

1/19: NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday