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Data Driven: Making Your Case for Breakfast in the Classroom

October 24, 2018

One big lesson we took from Attendance Matters Month was the importance of supporting data. When you are trying to bring stakeholders on board to support your effort—whether it’s improving attendance or implementing breakfast-in-the-classroom—data-driven arguments are crucial to your success. Each stakeholder group has their own lens through which to view your program, and each…

Marketing Tips for Breakfast in the Classroom

October 4, 2018

When it comes to marketing breakfast-in-the-classroom, we recommend listening to the experts—in this case, two Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom grant recipients. Today we’re going to share some of the simple, effective marketing strategies our BIC grantees swear by for breakfast-in-the-classroom success. Incentivize It! Contests, prizes, limited time offers, exclusive opportunities—get students excited about…

Celebrate National School Lunch Week October 15-19, 2018

October 3, 2018

We’re so excited to celebrate National School Lunch Week! This year’s #NSLW18 theme is “Lots 2 Love” and we’ll be spending the week of October 15-19, talking all things #SchoolLunch. There is #Lots2Love about school lunch and we want to know: How is your school celebrating NSLW 2018? We have a few suggestions, plus resources…

Back-to-School with Breakfast in the Classroom

August 29, 2018

We love going “back-to-school” with breakfast-in-the-classroom! It’s exciting to see BIC programs rolling out in our funded districts, like Austin ISD (TX), Center School District (MO), and Livingston Parish Public Schools (LA), to name a few. Breakfast Champions We were thrilled to see so many school breakfast champions Tweeting about breakfast-in-the-classroom. We took a screenshot…

Exciting & Unexpected Outcomes with Breakfast in the Classroom

July 23, 2018

When we help schools implement breakfast-in-the-classroom they cite a variety of reasons for wanting to move breakfast out of the cafeteria, including: Increasing access to/participation in school breakfast Improving morning logistical and/or behavioral issues Reducing absences and tardies Improving outcomes for students is what breakfast-in-the-classroom is all about, and among our favorite outcomes are the…

Find Us at #ANC18 in Las Vegas

June 13, 2018

The School Nutrition Association’s Annual National Conference is just a few weeks away, and we can’t wait to see you in Las Vegas. If you’re an SNA member attending #ANC18, make sure you connect with us on social media on Facebook and Twitter. Find Us in Our Education Session on Tuesday, July 10 Join the…

Attendance Works: 2018 Attendance Awareness Campaign

May 11, 2018

Here is something you might not know about chronic absenteeism in the United States: in school year 2013-14 seven million students were chronically absent nationwide. “Chronic absence” is defined as missing ten percent or more days of school for any reason; both excused and unexcused absences and suspensions. According to Attendance Works: Children living in…