Killeen ISD College Vitamin is honoring a few of its superstars this week, bringing the celebration to cafeterias incomes high marks.
From the cafeteria at Chaparral Excessive College on Tuesday, the celebration rolled on Wednesday to Oveta Culp Pastime, Maxdale, Maude Moore Wooden and Ira Cross elementary colleges with yet another cease to make later within the week.
Every of the stops represented a cafeteria that obtained four-star standing.
College Vitamin Director Steve Smith defined that these honored cafeteria employees members have aced their month-to-month efficiency audits not less than 4 occasions since September.
Merely put, mentioned Smith, the cafeteria managers and staff on the honored campuses are ensuring college students get the most effective service and the highest-quality meals day after day.
5-star and even six-star campuses will obtain extra honors close to the tip of the varsity 12 months.
At every of the honored elementary colleges Wednesday, the varsity vitamin employees, together with principals and different leaders burst into cafeterias to ship the excellent news, together with a certificates, balloons and a giant cookie cake.
College Vitamin Coordinator Olivia Rodriguez mentioned the Stars of Excellence program, now in its second 12 months, has constructed morale and pleasure and that the variety of cafeterias incomes high marks is rising.
“We include a giant cake and balloons and pompoms and cheer for them and acknowledge them for his or her laborious work,” mentioned Rodriguez.
“The underside line is they’re serving our college students every single day in a manner that’s so essential. Everybody performs a job in training in (scholar) studying. They’re guaranteeing their college students are receiving high quality meals, so they’re studying within the classroom,” she mentioned.
“It’s an enormous morale builder,” mentioned Rodriguez. “We admire their work.”
Working a cafeteria, after all, means making ready and serving meals, but in addition receiving massive orders, holding correct data, holding the big work space clear and secure and plenty of customer support.
Each Superintendent Jo Ann Fey and Deputy Superintendent Megan Bradley made visits to cafeterias and shared their private experiences with moms who labored at school cafeterias.
“It means loads,” mentioned Rodriguez. “Lots of time it’s the unsung heroes who make the distinction. We see them get emotional and teary-eyed. For administration to come back out, it reveals each single individual in our district is essential.”