Education

Breakfast

All Schools

Monday-ham and cheese melt, wg banana muffin, cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Tuesday-biscuit, gravy and sausage link, cinnamon toast, cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Wednesday-pancake and sausage on a stick, wg chocolate muffin, cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Thursday-sausage and biscuit, chicken biscuit, cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Friday-wg pancake with fruit topping, french toast stick, cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Lunch

Elementary

4-H Food Challenges teams met at the Texas A&M AgriLife Office in Canton in mid-February to demonstrate their skills to a panel of three judges. 

The two teams were given two separate bags of ingredients and asked to create their own signature dishes.

Teams were given 40 minutes to prepare a dish using the ingredients they were given.  One team received the ingredients to make a skillet lasagna which included Italian sausage. The other team was given the ingredients for a vegetable chicken stir fry.

Van Zandt County Extension Agent Melisa Rhodes said that she attempts “to select recipes that will challenge the young chefs to think outside the box in order to assist them when they compete at the next level.  

“We are truly blessed with some outstanding young people who

demonstrate advanced culinary skills that can be compared to many adult chefs.” 

Each year, the National FFA Organization sets aside the week of George Washington’s birthday as National FFA Week.  This is a sign of respect for the father of our country who was also a leader in innovative approaches to farming. 

This year, the FFA Week theme was “Amplify.”  Canton FFA members attempted to “Amplify” FFA in a multitude of ways throughout the week. 

On Monday, Canton FFA members launched a social media challenge that lasted throughout the week.  On both Instagram and Twitter, students posted the things they liked most about their FFA experience. 

Breakfast

All Schools

Monday-pig in a blanket, wg blueberry muffin, cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Tuesday-wg pancakes with syrup, chicken biscuit, cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Wednesday-ham and cheese breakfast pizza, cinnamon toast, cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Thursday-wg french toast sticks with syrup, cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Friday-wg waffles with fruit topping, cinnamon oatmeal, cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Lunch

Elementary

Canton Elementary second graders opened the Feb. 15 Canton ISD Board of Trustees meeting by providing the pledge and invocation. Keegan Smalling led those gathered in the Pledge of Allegiance while Maloree Donica offered a prayer. 

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Canton Elementary School’s February Student Council were Leah McDuffie, Mallory Alexander, Addison Alexander, Bailey Holiman, Elise White, Lane Sides, Kaylyn Littfack and Kate Wallis.

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Austin Musgrove, a resident of Canton and a junior at Mabank High School,  has been selected as a delegate of the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders to be held in Lowell, Mass., this summer.

The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who excel in science,

technology, engineering or mathematics. The purpose of this event is to honor, inspire, motivate and direct the top students in the country who aspire to be scientists and technologists, to stay true to their dream and, after the event, to provide a path, plan and resources to help them reach their goal, organizers of the Congress said.

Austin was nominated by the winner of the first Google Science Fair, Shree Bose,  academic director of the National Academy of Future Scientists and Technologists. His nomination was based on academic achievement, leadership potential and passion for science and technology.

Breakfast

All schools

Monday-pancakes or cereal and toast, juice and milk

Tuesday-whole grain waffles with syrup, chocolate muffin, choice of cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Wednesday-homemade breakfast pizza, cinnamon toast, choice of cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Thursday-donut, cinnamon oatmeal, choice of cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Friday-whole grain pancakes with syrup, biscuit and gravy, choice of cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Lunch

Elementary

Mike Bartley, band director at Canton High School, has been elected to membership in Phi Beta Mu, an international school bandmastery fraternity.

Phi Beta Mu is an honorary, non-political, non-profit fraternity established in 1983. There are about 350 active members in Texas with additional chapters in most of the 50 states as well as Canada, Japan and Europe.

Bartley was inducted at the annual new member’s breakfast Feb. 13 in San Antonio.

He was sponsored by Rob Toups of Canton. Co-sponsors were James Coffman of McKay Music and John Young of Wills Point High School.

In order to be considered for membership in Phi Beta Mu, one must have at least 10 years of successful teaching experience and must have produced and maintained an outstanding and consistent band program in public schools.