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].
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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.
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“GRAB-AND-GO” BREAKFAST PROGRAM GROWS AT
NORWIN HIGH SCHOOL