Read more about the article Students help add free water bottles to school cafeterias
Water bottles sit by the eating tables at Rio Vista Elementary School in Canyon Country on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017. Water bottles have been made available by the Santa Clarita Valley School Food Service Agency for students to drink from. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Students help add free water bottles to school cafeterias

All four school districts served by the Santa Clarita Valley School Food Services Agency (SCVSFSA) will soon have the choice of water during lunchtime thanks to a single question asked…

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Read more about the article State streamlines certification process for school lunch program
FILE PHOTO: Old Orchard Elementary School fourth graders work together to mix a salad in a giant mixing bowl at the Kids' Cooking Campaign at the Santa Clarita valley School Food Services Agency on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

State streamlines certification process for school lunch program

More than 800,000 students throughout California, and up to 15,110 in the Santa Clarita Valley, are now eligible for free and reduced price lunch through the state’s Medi-Cal Direct Certification…

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Read more about the article Brown signs legislation to end school meal shaming
FILE PHOTO: Old Orchard Elementary School fourth graders work together to mix a salad in a giant mixing bowl at the Kids' Cooking Campaign at the Santa Clarita valley School Food Services Agency on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Brown signs legislation to end school meal shaming

California school districts will no longer be able to deny students food or give them smaller meals of fruit and milk if they have unpaid lunch fees, thanks to a…

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Read more about the article Local food service agency participates in Child and Adult Care Food Program
FILE PHOTO: Old Orchard Elementary School fourth graders work together to mix a salad in a giant mixing bowl at the Kids' Cooking Campaign at the Santa Clarita valley School Food Services Agency on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Local food service agency participates in Child and Adult Care Food Program

For the current school year, four locations served by the Santa Clarita Valley School Food Services Agency (SCVSFSA) will participate in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Child and Adult Care…

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Read more about the article Free summer food program begins in LA County Monday
FILE PHOTO: Old Orchard Elementary School fourth graders work together to mix a salad in a giant mixing bowl at the Kids' Cooking Campaign at the Santa Clarita valley School Food Services Agency on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Free summer food program begins in LA County Monday

Nearly 225,000 free snacks and lunches will be distributed to children at county parks, county libraries, churches, school districts, schools and organizations as part of the 2017 Summer Food Service…

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Read more about the article SCV School Food Services Agency announces summer meal program
FILE PHOTO: Old Orchard Elementary School fourth graders work together to mix a salad in a giant mixing bowl at the Kids' Cooking Campaign at the Santa Clarita valley School Food Services Agency on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

SCV School Food Services Agency announces summer meal program

With support from the USDA Summer Food Service Program, the Santa Clarita Valley School Food Services Agency (SCVSFSA) is helping ensure that no child goes hungry this summer. “To participate…

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Read more about the article Fourth grade students get cooking
Cameron Smith dumps a carton of cherry tomatoes into a giant mixing bowl at the Kids' Cooking Campaign at the Santa Clarita valley School Food Services Agency on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Fourth grade students get cooking

There is no such thing as too many cooks in the kitchen, according to the Santa Clarita Valley School Food Services Agency (SCVSFSA). On Thursday, students from Merly Soni’s fourth…

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