New York Harvest Featured in School Cafeterias for ‘Big Apple Crunch’

New York Harvest Featured in School Cafeterias for ‘Big Apple Crunch’

School cafeterias served delicious New York State apples and homemade chili for lunch on Wednesday as part of the Big Apple Crunch. The Big Apple Crunch, sponsored by the NYS Education Department and FarmOn! Foundation, takes place every October and invites New Yorkers to take a bite out of an apple grown in New York to celebrate the apple harvest and to inspire residents to eat local.

Kindergartner Students Practice School Bus Safety

Kindergartner Students Practice School Bus Safety

Kindergarten students are receiving hands-on lessons in school bus safety at all elementary schools this month. In Red Mill’s parking lot on Tuesday, small groups of students stepped off the school bus, walked out away from the bus and then watched for the driver’s signal to cross. When they saw the signal, they looked both ways and crossed the parking lot to a staff member.