Students crunch apples to kick off harvest program

Five Corners — Silver Star Elementary School students, teachers and staffers participated in an apple crunch, all biting into apples at the same time on Oct. 12. The crunch was in honor of Taste Washington Day and to celebrate kicking off the Harvest of the Month campaign, where Evergreen Public Schools teams up with Washington State University Extension’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education program. Evergreen’s food service, Chartwells, offer local foods, focusing on one special ingredient per month by working it into school lunches.