SNAI 58th Annual Conference
At the SNAI Conference on June 23rd & 24th, Denise and Judi attended a wonderful dinner and a dance party on a boat. "Iowa knows how to have fun!" Denise commented. Sharing a beautiful sunset with our friends in Iowa only added to the experience. We missed our pals at Ottumwa Community School District, but it was really great to see our friends from Johnston Community School District. JCSD's Nutrition Services secretary, Cheryl Spring won...
NEW: TraKNOW Mobile Apps
The PCS Mobile initiative goes into full swing this year with Mobile Apps for TrakNOW and ReportNOW. In addition to the existing PayPAMS Apps for smartphones, ReportNOW Mobile Apps will provide reporting and data visualization for both TrakNOW back office and RightNOW front office information. The TrakNOW Mobile Apps include: * Inventory Adjustments * Physical Inventory Counts * Pick/Break/Spoil * Inventory Item Look Ups by name or code * Bar Code Scan option for the Item Lookup ReportNOW is a fully responsive...
Minnesota District Grows Their Own Vegetables Next to the Serving Line
[caption id="attachment_4799" align="alignleft" width="167"] Carrie Frank, Director[/caption] Dover-Eyota Public Schools in Minnesota grows some of their own vegetables hydroponically, right next to the serving line in the cafeteria! Carrie Frank, Food and Nutrition Director, has taken the idea of promoting locally grown foods to a new level, quite literally. In May, she purchased a "vertical garden", a tower type display of greens and plants and placed them close to the students in the cafeteria. This year the...
TASN 2015 Annual Conference
Becki and Betty had great time "Deep In The Heart of Texas" June 21-24th at the TASN Annual Conference in beautiful Grapevine, TX. Becki said, "we were able to spend time with old friends and make new ones. Our Texas family is always so helpful in giving us great feedback. We love hearing from you and we can't wait to see everyone again in Austin next year! [caption id="attachment_4806" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Betty & Becki[/caption]...
Central Kentucky Educational Cooperative (CKEC)
Membership in the Central Kentucky Educational Cooperative (CKEC) provides superintendents and staff of member districts with excellent opportunities to network with colleagues on a monthly basis at board meetings. Each month the members meet to discuss common issues that face their districts and learn about activities to enhance their school systems. Programs are designed with an emphasis on professional learning communities and delivered through scheduled sessions and C.E.O.-type cohorts. CKEC also offers monthly meetings for professional...
Customer of the Month
Tim Pirolli Food Service Supervisor Pemberton Township Schools, NJ District Snapshot Number of Schools: 8 PCS customer since: 1995 PCS Products: PayPAMS, Online & Scanned Apps, RIGHTrak, FASTrak, ALANAs and FREDs Tim Pirolli has been with Pemberton Township Schools for nearly forty years. Beginning his tenure at the district as a Foods Teacher, eighteen years later Tim became the Food Service Supervisor for the district. With over 50 percent free and reduced participation, Tim's department serves 3000 meals at lunch and 1000...
Employee of the Month
DJ Segraves Regional Sales Director DJ works the Alabama, Colorado and Utah territories and is still involved from time to time with our Florida Customers. Recently, DJ played an instrumental role in coordinating between the the Alabama State DOE and PCS Support to standardize district student information systems interfaces with RIGHTrak and RightNOW central office software. This past month DJ added 5 new districts to the PCS family and has added to his own family! Congratulations DJ...
Six PCS Districts Honored with Top 100 Status
In their March issue, FoodService Director magazine published an article about the top 100 school district cafeterias. From the article - "Best Food ranks 3,868 school districts based on district spending statistics and more than 580,000 opinions on food from 215,000 students and parents. A high ranking indicates the district offers a variety of healthy, quality food options, accommodates various dietary preferences like vegan and gluten-free, and the students rate the quality of food favorably." Here are...
Florida SNA 2015 Annual Conference
[caption id="attachment_4679" align="alignleft" width="175"] Denise & Betty[/caption] Denise Lessard, DJ Segraves and Betty Zimmerman had a blast at the Florida SNA 2015 Annual Conference in Daytona Beach, May 14-16. As always they got to catch up with old friends and make new ones. [caption id="attachment_4681" align="alignright" width="173"] Ida & Maggie[/caption] We would like to congratulate Ida Daniels, Hamilton County Food & Nutrition Coordinator, on receiving the Director of the Year Award from Florida SNA President, Maggie Green. [caption id="attachment_4680" align="alignleft"...
User Group Recap
Over the last two months, customers in 9 different regions across the country came together for PCS User Groups. Our last on-site Regional User Group was held in Alabama on June 2, which was one of the biggest user groups we have had! Each year the feedback about the content and quality is more positive than the last, and we continue to make improvements to the User Groups and our PCS products based on customer feedback.Your...