Georgia Department of Education Leaders Visit Avery Elementary School to Celebrate Farm to School Success
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Georgia Department of Education Leaders Visit Avery Elementary School to Celebrate Farm to School Success
From left, State School Superintendent Richard Woods, Avery Elementary School STEM teacher Tracy Lang, CCSD School Nutrition and Procurement Executive Director Tina Farmer, Culinary Specialist Jessica Emmett, and School Board member Chance Beam visit the Avery ES cafeteria to sample baked sweet potatoes and other school nutrition fare.
State Superintendent of Schools Richard Woods today visited Avery Elementary School to celebrate the outstanding “farm to school” work by our CCSD School Nutrition team that brings fresh produce to our cafeterias each day. During the visit, he and Dr. Linette Dodson, Georgia Deputy Superintendent of School Nutrition, School Board member Chance Beam, School Nutrition and Procurement Executive Director Tina Farmer and Culinary Specialist Jessica Emmett enjoyed a school lunch featuring Georgia grown sweet potatoes and toured the school’s cafeteria and garden along with Principal Dr. Lisa Turner and the Avery administrative leadership team. Avery ES was the winner of the UGA Extension-Cherokee "Sweet Potato Showdown" this year for the most sweet potatoes grown in a school garden, with 186 pounds! STEM teacher Tracy Lang led a tour of the school garden, and the group also visited classrooms to see learning in action including the music class of teacher David Boggs, where students sang a special sweet potato song for the guests. Thank you to our valued School Nutrition professionals for all you do to help our students learn more, grow more, and achieve more in our classrooms than they can anywhere else! #CCSDElevateTheExcellence
Avery ES STEM teacher Tracy Lang explains how students were involved in planting and harvesting sweet potatoes in the school garden to Georgia School Superintendent Richard Woods and CCSD School Board member Chance Beam as they look at photos from the garden.
STEM teacher Tracy Lange explains which fall vegetables the students are growing.
