Happy National Instructional Coaches Appreciation Day! 📚

Today, we’re celebrating the instructional coaches who support our teachers, strengthen classroom instruction, and help create meaningful learning experiences for every student across West Orange-Cove CISD.
Thank you for all you do to boost teacher and student outcomes, day in and day out!

A lot is happening in WOCCISD Child Nutrition this October!

October 1 kicks off the Farm Fresh Challenge! Through this challenge, we highlight Texas-grown and locally sourced fruits, vegetables, meats, and grains served in our school meals. Last year, the WOCCISD Child Nutrition Department was proud to receive the 2025–2026 Best of the Bunch Award from the Texas Department of Agriculture. 🍎

We are also excited that the Texas Department of Agriculture has once again selected West Orange-Stark Elementary to participate in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. Our WOSE Child Nutrition team has previously earned TDA's Pear-Fection Award, and we are excited to continue building on that success as we work toward another recognition this school year! 🍐

To make October even more exciting, the WOCCISD Child Nutrition Department will celebrate National School Lunch Week, October 12–16, 2026. This year's celebration will feature a fun circus theme, with special healthy circus-inspired menus, student and staff activities, giveaways, and maybe even a surprise guest or two! 🎪

October will be a fun and exciting month in Child Nutrition, and we look forward to celebrating with our students and staff!

To learn more about the Farm Fresh Challenge, visit:
https://squaremeals.org/FandN-Resources/Texas-Farm-Fresh/Farm-Fresh-Challenge

To learn more about the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, visit:
https://www.fna.usda.gov/ffvp/fresh-fruit-and-vegetable-program

Thank you for helping us share all the exciting things happening in WOCCISD Child Nutrition!

Mrs. Meagan’s class spent this month adventuring in the dinosaur room at NELC. This week, they learned about volcanoes and created their own volcano eruption in the classroom! What a fun, engaging Earth science lesson.🦖🦕

Way to go, NELC!

North Early Learning Center had an impressive 93 students who achieved perfect attendance during the first 6 weeks! They all received a backpack plushie for their accomplishment. Way to go, our #LittlestMustangs!

Today, students at North Early Learning Center celebrated Johnny Appleseed Day with a number of fun activities, including making stamps out of halved apples, painting paper plates into apple pies, running races, gluing paper scraps to fill an apple outline, and more! They also got to try different apple varieties and see if they liked sweet or sour better.