Dairy Spot for Schools: Food Service

Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association Announces SWEL Rewards! Winners

At the start of the 2008-2009 school year, Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association introduced the School Wellness: Excellence in Leadership (SWEL) Rewards! program for school foodservice management companies. SWEL Rewards! supports school wellness policies by focusing on initiatives that promote positive changes in students’ eating and physical activity habits. Schools received points for using and participating in Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association programs. Schools with milk in 8-ounce plastic bottles earned valuable points that paid off in the final tally. More than 30 schools submitted applications, and each applicant received a $100 Dick’s Sporting Goods gift card to use toward their school’s wellness and physical fitness initiatives. We are pleased to announce the following recipients of SWEL Rewards! winners. Pennsbury School District Fallsington, Pa. Four schools from Pennsbury School District earned awards. Pennsbury High School received a 2^nd place award; Pennwood Middle School, 3^rd place; and William Penn Middle School and Fallsington Elementary School, honorable mention. Metz Management Company manages this account. Both the 2^nd and 3^rd place schools serve milk in 8-ounce bottles, and the high school operates a very popular yogurt bar. Beaver Area School District Beaver, Pa. Two schools in the Beaver Area School District – Beaver Middle/High School and Dutch Ridge Elementary School – each earned honorable mention awards. This is a Sodexho account and a New Look of School Milk district. West Windsor School District Princeton Junction, N.J. Thomas Grover Middle School received an honorable mention award in part for its nutrition and wellness promotions and dairy merchandising. West Windsor School District is a Sodexho account. Archdiocese of Arlington Bishop Denis J O’Connell High School Arlington, Va. A Chartwells account, Bishop O’Connell High School was the recipient of an honorable mention award.
	The Nutrition Group Palmyra Area SD Palmyra, Pa. Carolyn Weaver, left, of Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association presents Dick’s Sporting Goods gift cards to Anne Hoover, center, principal of Forge Road Elementary School, Palmyra Area School District, and Victoria Dehart, food service director.
	Metz & Associates, Ltd. Pennsbury SD Fallsington, Pa. Steve Kline, general manager, Pennsbury School District, and Amy Brinton, registered dietitian, display the SWEL Rewards! check presented to them by Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association.
	Chartwells Bishop O’Connell High School Arlington, Va. Mary Majorack, director of dining services, and Tony Dean, executive chef, pose with the check accompanying their honorable mention award.