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Ms. Jody Betras, right, of the District’s Food and Nutrition Services Department, operates the “Grab-and-Go” breakfast cart. Hundreds of students enjoy these breakfasts moments after they hop off the school bus. Norwin Pride Dinner – May 25, 2017 Nominate a Distinguished Alum – Forms Available in January The Norwin Alumni and Friends Association (NAFA) is pleased to announce that plans are underway for the first annual Norwin Pride Dinner to be held at Stratigos Banquet Centre on Thursday, May 25, 2017. The dinner will serve as an opportunity to honor distinguished Norwin Alumni. Beginning January 2nd, nomination forms for this prestigious award will be available on the Norwin School District Web site at www.norwinsd.org under “NSD Foundation.” Ticket information will be available in March. For those interested in helping with the event, or becoming a sponsor, please contact Jo Ann Stoecklein at [email protected]. Norwin | Winter 2016 | icmags.com 39 N orwin school district N e ws A strategically positioned breakfast cart – right at the lobby entrance of Norwin High School – has been enticing hundreds of Norwin High School students to buy breakfast moments after they hop off the bus. The “Grab-and-Go” Breakfast program, as it’s called, allows students to buy milk, fruits, vegetables, yogurt with granola topping, and wrapped breakfast items for $1.35, the same price as all breakfasts sold across the Norwin School District in more traditional cafeteria settings. The difference here is its location, right at the “Knight’s Head” floor decoration at the school entrance, where 1,600 students stream in each morning to begin their school day. “Kids who eat breakfast perform better in school,” said Mr. Rod Stewart, Director of Food and Nutrition Services for Norwin School District. “It’s been an absolute win-win for everyone.” Between 800 and 900 students buy Grab-and-Go breakfasts each month at the High School. That accounts for about 30 percent of all breakfasts sold at the High School, Mr. Stewart said. The program began in 2014, envisioned by Mr. Tim Kotch, who was then Norwin High School Principal and is now Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education. A $6,000 grant from the Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association is helping to offset the slightly higher cost of using plastic bottles for milk, which are 3 cents more expensive than milk cartons. The grant also provided two plastic carts and two laptops, which serve as cash registers. A second cart is located by the athletic entrance. Nor win “GRAB-AND-GO” BREAKFAST PROGRAM GROWS AT NORWIN HIGH SCHOOL