Cooperative Educational Services
Cooperative Educational Services is a Purchasing Cooperative united by a Joint Powers Agreement to aid Public Schools in New Mexico. CES is an organization comprised of New Mexico's 89 school districts plus 81 other public education institutions, including charter schools, two and four-year post-secondary institutions, BIE schools and state schools. Cooperative Educational Services aspires to be known as one of the best educational service agencies in the country and the program of choice in New Mexico. What can...
37th Annual Alabama School Nutrition Association Expo
Last month, Ava Wojcik and Tony Diers attended the 37th Annual Alabama School Nutrition Association Expo in Montgomery, AL. They had a wonderful time making new friends and catching up with customers. It was great to hear from our TrakNOW customers that TrakNOW reports are working well for their Administrative Reviews. PCS support has been working hard with the the ASLSDE to make sure that PCS customers can utilize a common interface with the INow enrollment...
Georgia SNA 2015 Annual Conference
Becki Rogers & Ava Wojcik attended the GSNA 2015 Annual Conference in Athens, GA April 9-11. Celebrating 60 years of feeding Georgia's children made this a very special event. PCS was proud to be able to sponsor free Wi-fi to all attendees at the Classic Center and to provide computers for use in the Director's Lounge. We enjoyed three fabulous fun filled days of quality time with our friends in Georgia. We are proud to have...
Customer of the Month
Priscilla Urban Food Service Specialist Ferguson-Florissant School District District Snapshot PCS Products Used: RIGHTrak & FASTrak Schools: 23 PCS customer since: Spring 2013 PCS: How long have you worked at the district? Priscilla: It will be 16 years in October. PCS: Tell us about some of the jobs you have had in the district. Priscilla: I was originally hired as the Secretary to the Assistant Principal at one of the Middle Schools and started at the Food Service Department in July 2000. PCS: What...
ApplyNOW Online F&R Apps
Don't forget to ask your account representative about ApplyNOW, Powered by PayPAMS, where parents can fill out Free and Reduced applications online. ...
PayPAMS gets a Makeover!
Dov Abramson, our Director of Operations for PayPAMS, says that, "early this Spring we will have a new PayPAMS web site with modern design and responsive features, that automatically adjust from desktop to tablet to phone, will go live. The new web site will be implemented in two stages with the parent portal coming first, followed later this Summer with the administrator's section of the site." ...
Customer of the Month
Debbie Middleton Director, Child Nutrition Pampa Independent School District District Snapshot PCS Products Used: TrakNOW, PayPAMS, POS Number of Schools: 6 PCS customer since: 1994 Texas is a state that is passionate about its sports teams, professional, college and high school, whether it is the Cowboys, Rangers or Astros, or the Pampa High Harvesters. Back in 2006, the Pampa High School football team was featured on Dateline NBC. The story depicts how "Every Friday night, small town America shows its spirit...
“Eating Healthy Every Day” at Miami-Dade
Miami-Dade County Department of Food and Nutrition is providing a new service via a food truck. The theme is "Eating Healthy Every Day" with a special menu only served on the food truck, like wraps, veggie burgers, fajita tacos, turkey burgers, Asian chicken wraps, meatball on hoagie, fresh fruit, juice and milk. The food truck visits selected schools, rotating locations on a daily basis. A choice of two or three reimbursable meal offerings is provided, changing...
Featured Employee
Donna Martino Fuhrman, MS, RD TrakNOW Project Manager Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day was March 11, and in honor of this day and National Nutrition Month, we are featuring Donna Martino Fuhrman as Employee of the Month! As a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Donna applies her special knowledge and skills everyday as Project Manager for TrakNOW, our Nutrition and Inventory software, and as PCS' liaison with USDA Food and Nutrition Service. Donna has been with PCS for over 6 years...
March – A Busy Month
National Nutrition Month, National School Breakfast Week, and Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day all fall in the month of March. LAC, SNA's Legislative Action Conference, also in March, featured an annual March to the Hill (no pun intended), to engage our elected officials in the priorities for school food and nutrition. Donna Martino Fuhrman and Gabe Aiello attended several sessions and were happy to see so many PCS customers. Gabe is on the Procurement Task Force...