Waller ISD Food Service wins state awards at conference

WALLER ISD – Waller ISD Food Service Administrative Assistant Stephanie Dalton was named 2006 Wellness Challenge Person of the Year at the annual Texas Association of School Nutrition conference held in Austin June 4-8. The Texas Wellness Challenge is a year long program sponsored by Institutional Sales Associates of Texas (ISA) to promote physical, mental, and spiritual wellness. Members are required to submit quarterly reports and a final report that are judged by a panel of professionals. Dalton was chosen from over 150 members and awarded a $500.00 gift card.
     The Waller ISD Food Service Department was awarded state-wide recognition at the conference for a 12 percent increase in breakfast participation. The increase was in large part due to the implementation of a breakfast burrito bar at Waller High School, and the daily district-wide offering of cereal and toast as a second entrée. The award was accepted by Waller Association for School Nutrition President Nancy Fletcher.      WISD Food Service Director Whitney Johnson, and Administrative Assistant Stephanie Dalton, both taught certification classes to state-wide members at the conference. Johnson taught an orientation class for first time conference attendees; Dalton taught a class on stress management and a class on implementing a safety program in a school district.