CARROLL COMMUNITY
SCHOOL DISTRICT

Click on the Pyramid
to get more information on the NEW food pyramid!

The Food Guide Pyramid is one way for people to understand how to eat healthy. A rainbow of colored, vertical stripes represents the five food groups plus fats and oils. Here's what the colors stand for:
* orange - grains
* green - vegetables
* red - fruits
* yellow - fats and oils
* blue - milk and dairy products
* purple - meat, beans, fish, and nuts

Healthy Children
Ready To Learn!

One size doesn't fit all. The Pyramid Plan can help you choose the foods and amounts that are right for you!
Portion Proportions

Message: "What is a serving size Look Like? Encouraging students to be able to recognize the correct portion sizes.
1 Cup milk = softball
2ounces of cheese = 4 dominoes
3 ounces of meat = deck of playing cards
2 tablespoon peanut butter = ping pong ball
1 pancake = compact disk (CD)
1 teaspoon butter = size of a stamp
1/2 cup of cereal, rice, pasta + baseball

The nurse and nurse assistants
ARE #1!
Thanks for all you do for the staff and children of CCSD!

Three things you can do to prevent infection:
1. Clean you hands
2. Cover you mouth and nose
3. Avoid close contact and stay home if you're sick

Web site Favorites!!
Carroll Community School District
http://www.carroll.k12.ia.us/
AEA 11
http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/NurseWeb/nresources.htm
Iowa Department of Public Health
http://www.idph.state.ia.us/
Iowa Department of Education
http://www.state.ia.us/educate/
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/
School Nurse Web site
http://www.schoolnurse.com/
The Center for Children with Special Needs
http://www.cshcn.org/
Center for Disability and Development
http://www.uihealthcare.com/
General School Nursing Web Resources
http://www.nasn.org/
http://www.isno.org/
http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/cdd/index.asp
http://www.medincine.uiowa.edu/iowacompass/
http://www.nichcy.org/
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/pubs/
http://www.legis.state.ia.us
http://www.iowaschoolmeds.com/