15-451: Harrisburg School District may refer to: Harrisburg School District (Arkansas) Harrisburg Community Unit School District 3 , Illinois Harrisburg R-VIII School District , Missouri Harrisburg School District (Oregon) Harrisburg School District (Pennsylvania) Harrisburg School District (South Dakota) Harrisburg School District (Texas) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
30-473: A budget, and cultivating a plan for eating healthy and balanced foods based on USDA recommendations. The FNS has a Twitter presence under "USDA FNS" as @USDANutrition at Twitter garnering nearly 90k followers with over 17k tweets as of October 2019. These products and services are provided through fifteen domestic nutrition assistance programs: FNS Reporting is available for fiscal years broken down by month based on food costs and participation for many of
45-736: A much larger two-story brick building was constructed on South Street. From September 1918 until March 3, 1919, students attended classes in churches until the new building was completed. For more than 50 years this building served as a place of education for students in the Harrisburg School District. For 30 years it was the only building on campus. Consolidation in the Harrisburg School District began in 1945 with Greenfield District followed by Bethel, Whitehall, Wyley Crossing, Bolivar, Burrow, Pleasant View and Valley View. Average daily attendance rose from 317 in 1943-44 to 937 in 1959-51. Whitaker and Weona School District were shut down and joined
60-573: Is 40.8 million, 30 million to have received school lunches, 15 million to have received school breakfast, 6.6 million participating in WIC, and 690,000 elderly people receiving Commodity Supplemental Food Program. Several FNS programs pre-date the creation of the agency and trace their roots back to Depression-era programs. FNS was established on August 8, 1969 as an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The first Administrator
75-689: Is a consumer facing nutrition education advocacy program within the FNS that is designed to follow the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA). It ties in the dietary needs of whole grains, low fat milk, fruits, and vegetables while providing advice and guidance on best practices. It is designed to guide users of the programs towards healthy food choices by suggesting portion sizes and food types. Available communications include motivational messages and guidance such as "Milk matters." and "They take their lead from you ...", along with videos and even kids games. One of
90-531: Is accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) and has been accredited by AdvancED since 2009. According to the district's website, by 1897, it became evident that Harrisburg needed a new school building. A two story brick building was constructed on Brooks Street. It was a grammar school including grades one through nine. This building served school children in Harrisburg until March 1919 when
105-696: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Harrisburg School District (Arkansas) Harrisburg School District (or Harrisburg Public Schools ) is an accredited public school district based in Harrisburg, Arkansas , United States . The school district encompasses 58.77 square miles (152.2 km ) of land in Poinsett County, Arkansas , including Harrisburg, Fisher , Waldenburg , and Weiner . The district from its five facilities provides comprehensive education for pre-kindergarten through grade 12 and
120-599: The Harrisburg School System. On July 1, 2010, Weiner School District was annexed by the Harrisburg School District. Harrisburg School District now consists of 4 schools. Secondary schools: Elementary schools: In 2012, Harrisburg Elementary received a Bronze Award in the HealthierUS School Challenge that recognizes excellence in nutrition and physical activity by the Food and Nutrition Service of
135-417: The U.S. Department of Agriculture. Weiner High School was previously a part of the district until 2013, when it closed. Food and Nutrition Service The Food and Nutrition Service ( FNS ) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The FNS is the federal agency responsible for administering the nation’s domestic nutrition assistance programs. The service helps to address
150-657: The issue of hunger in the United States . FNS administers the programs through its headquarters in Alexandria, VA ; regional offices in San Francisco , Denver , Dallas , Chicago , Atlanta , Boston , and Robbinsville (NJ); and field offices throughout the US. While its staff number among the USDA's fewest, its budget is by far the largest. The Food and Nutrition Service is funded under
165-476: The many FNS outreach programs, National School Lunch Program , has a focus on National School Lunch Week that runs mid October. Culminating many activities geared towards children, there are marketing materials for parents, teachers, and School Nutrition Professionals on how to support children's food choices. The Choose My Plate website provides educational materials catered to many different audience levels for support on identifying healthy foods, recipes, eating on
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#1732855971884180-464: The offered programs. The Office of Community Food Systems (OCFS) purpose is to support the many programs that run underneath it with a focus on using locally grown foods to support local economies. Most of these programs are geared towards children, although the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) includes day care for both children and seniors over 60 years old. The USDA Farm to School Grant Program
195-494: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about schools, colleges, or other educational institutions which are associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harrisburg_School_District&oldid=537600828 " Category : Educational institution disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
210-423: The umbrella of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through the annual Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. In 2019, $ 27 billion was allocated for discretionary funding for USDA, which is spread out over many services including WIC, food safety, and other services. Of the expected people to be served in 2019, the estimate for SNAP recipients
225-1124: Was Edward J. Hekman , former President of the Keebler Company , who served until the end the Ford Administration . In 2018, 11.1% of the US population were deemed as being 'food insecure'. This is a 0.07% decrease from 2017. Food insecurity is deemed as a household not having enough resources or insufficient funds to provide for everyone in their family. This equates to 37.2 million people affected by food insecurity. Non-white ethnicity groups are most impacted, while groups such as poverty stricken (with an income-to-poverty ratio under 1.00) and single women with children lead with higher percentages of households affected. States with an affected food security average of 15% or more that were polled within 2016-2018 are New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, and North Carolina. FNS products and services are provided to one in five Americans; its main products and services include: Core Nutrition Messages
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