Roots and Fruits-Tahlequah Public Schools

09/30/2026

09/14/2026

Produce party on the playground!! 🥳🎊🎉

Pre-k tried sugar snap peas and carrot chips with or without avocado oil ranch!

08/28/2026

Tahlequah high school Agriculture Education students are working on getting their fall garden going!

We were able to support this garden by providing supplies to get it going.

Ag students are not only learning about food cultivation through this project. They built and are continuing to build the raised beds you see pictured!

What is your favorite fall crop? In our office we really enjoy Brussels sprouts!

08/28/2026

We have had a busy month! We really leaned into staff wellness in August!

All sites and many of our supporting buildings received fruit bars from our program, we hosted staff wellness trainings and wrapped up the week with a breakfast fruit and yogurt bar!

As everyone knows the beginning of any school year is a hectic time. Educators work to build new routines with new faces and give so much of themselves daily. Taking time to care for the people who care for our students matters! After all you can't pour from an empty cup!

Here's to fueling our staff so they can keep fueling our students!

06/08/2026

Have you ever tried sauteed radishes?! Well, our Summer School students got to try them today during a taste test. The results? "It's bussin'!" "Can I have some more?" "This is delicious!" "Can we have them tomorrow?!"

We couldn't have said it better ourselves! Here's the simple recipe so you can try it for yourself.

05/15/2026

It’s been a wild few weeks, but we’re officially wrapping up the regular school year today! 🎉

Don’t worry though… we’ve still got some summer school fun ahead! ☀️📚

We also realized we forgot to share this great moment from Teacher Appreciation Week! 💚 We were so excited to help equip the amazing Sequoyah Pre-K staff with tools for meal prepping and healthy eating. When teachers are supported in taking care of themselves, they’re even better able to model healthy habits for our students every day! 🍎🥗

Now we want to hear from YOU👇
What’s your favorite healthy meal prep recipe or snack idea? Bonus points if it’s quick, kid-friendly, or freezer-friendly! Share your favorites in the comments so we can all swap ideas for summer! ☀️🍓🥙

Roots and Fruits is growing with support from TSET Discovery funding!

05/14/2026

Look at the fun we had preparing food for the Etiquette Tea at Cherokee, and the students enjoying the fruits of their labor!

Roots and Fruits is growing with support from TSET Discovery Grant funding!

05/13/2026

We had the pleasure of setting up a mini market today with Tenkiller schools summer school program! Students enjoyed shopping for a variety of veggies sourced from Shortline Produce Co. and taste test a smoothie with a mystery ingredient 🤫 it was spinach! The students loved it!

Thank you to the Merritt's with Shortline Produce Co. for all the work they did to get us great produce!

Thank you to Tenkiller schools for having us out, being so welcoming and providing a great group of students for us to work with!

Thanks to our friends with the Impact Network and our coworker Sonya for helping everything run smoothly today!

Thanks to Hunger Free OK for donating bags!

Roots and Fruits is growing with support from TSET Discovery grant funding!

04/21/2026

Middle school + blender bikes = a wheelie good time 🚴‍♀️🥤

Last week we teamed up with our FACS department Tuesday and our 6th & 7th graders during lunch on Wednesday for some smoothie-powered fun! They showed up hungry and ready to pedal!

💥 Over 600 smoothie samples served
🍌 40 lbs of bananas blended
🍓 ~40 lbs of mixed fruit used
🧃 Over 4 gallons of juice/milk

Students powered the blenders with their own energy, learning about nutrition, physical activity, and just how fun healthy choices can be. Safe to say, they crushed it!

Ask your student if they tried one and what they thought!

Special thanks to Samantha Dotson who came to help us keep the wheels spinning!

Next up we’re working on getting 8th grade lunch on the schedule because we know they won’t want to miss out on this!

Here is a few pictures of us getting the first smoothies ready! We were too busy pouring smoothies to get pictures once the kids made it out!

Roots and Fruits is growing with support from TSET Discovery Grant funding!

03/26/2026

We had an amazing time teaming up with our Transportation Department for afternoon smoothies with our blender bikes. They were blending up healthy fun and great conversations!

Our transportation staff keep everything moving day in and day out, and this was a small way to show appreciation for the big role they play in supporting our students and schools. We’re so grateful for all they do behind the scenes (and on the road)!

Roots and Fruits is growing with support from TSET Discovery Grant funding.