No matter where we are, we bump into someone who loves breakfast-in-the-classroom! We met Dan Gorman, director of both Whitehall District Schools and Montague Area Public Schools, during LAC 2016. In fact, we ran into Dan and his SNA colleagues in the halls of Congress during SNA’s Day on the Hill. When we asked if…
Can you believe it? SNA’s 70th Annual National Conference is just three months away! Registration is open for the July 10-13 conference, which will be held in San Antonio, Texas, and early bird registration rates are currently in effect through May 6! This year’s ANC theme is “Learn, Lead, Succeed”. You’ll learn from your peers…
March was National Nutrition Month and we were positively inspired by the beautiful photos and stories shared by schools and districts across the country. We were particularly excited to see the exciting National School Breakfast Week celebrations held during the first week of the month. Between March 7-11, millions of students were able to “Wake…
Before we send March out like a lamb, we wanted to take a moment to look back at some of our favorite moments from LAC 2016 in Washington, D.C. SNA’s 2016 Legislative Action Conference was held February 28 through March 1, and it was an exciting few days in our nation’s capital. Held this year…
Can you believe it? We’re already halfway through National Nutrition Month! Just like breakfast is the best way to start your day, National School Breakfast Week was the best way to kick off National Nutrition Month and we had a blast sharing your #NSBW16 stories and photos on social media. We often employ the phrase…
To close out National School Breakfast Week here at Beyond Breakfast, we sat down to chat with Meredith Potter, Director of School Nutrition, and Kauren Koff, Dietitian, from Houston County Schools in Georgia. Houston County was the recipient of a substantial grant from the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom which, when paired with Community…
We have had a busy start to 2016 here at Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom! We want to welcome back our regular readers, and extend a warm welcome to our new visitors. Many of you have just discovered our little corner of the Internet at Beyond Breakfast thanks to National School Breakfast Week, and…
Between SNA’s 2016 Legislative Action Conference and the FRAC/Feeding America National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference we stayed very busy during our too-brief visit to Washington, D.C. In between LAC sessions at the Marquis Marriott we sat down with Cleta Long (EdD, SNS) to discuss the upcoming roll-out of breakfast-in-the-classroom at three of her Bibb County School…
“If I were to describe Jody I would use ‘the three Ds’: She is very dynamic, she’s very determined, and she’s disciplined.” – Gertrude Applebaum When Don Swain from Schwan’s Food Service submitted Jody Houston’s name for consideration for the 2016 School Nutrition Hero Award, he did so because of her outstanding professionalism and her…
“Sam is so modest. When she found out she won this award she turned it into a ‘Hero Day’ at school. All the students will dress in their favorite superhero costume and we’re going to have a school lunch superhero day. That’s Sam—she wants everyone else to have fun.” – Stephanie Dillard, SNS, Director, Geneva…
