Joy Wang

I spent six weeks at Cupertino Union School District (CUSD) with the Student Nutrition Services Director and the food service RD. During this rotation I:

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• Supervised brunch and lunch service and helped serve meals at elementary and middle schools

• Proposed implementation of a Flavor Station at middle schools' lunch service

  • developed resources for Flavor Station – sourced supplies, product and equipment pricing, inventory catalogs; planned distribution and service of stations in middle school cafeterias​

  • created Flavor Station marketing flyer and signs

  • presented Flavor Station project at kitchen supervisors' meeting, discussed staffing needs, equipment, and set-up instructions

• Sourced gluten-free menu items for students with dietary restrictions

• Developed projects, flyer, and materials adhered to nutrition guidelines for National School Lunch Program

• Created CUSD Student Nutrition Service brochure

• Conducted fruit tastings for 5210 program and measured students’ receptivity by counting votes with hedonic scale baskets

• Evaluated nutrition of potential snacks to be offered at middle schools for compliance to nutrition guidelines 

• Evaluated and reformulated mac & cheese recipe to meet grain and meat alternative requirements

• Used Titan, the online meal payment and transaction system for students’ meal accounts to: analyze daily meal count totals, record total daily balance, deposit cash and checks to students’ accounts and monitor for errors (i.e. negative balances)

• Promoted Breakfast Before School pilot program at Nimitz Elementary via prize drawings to student participants