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…
Several months ago we ran across this story about three women who created a cookbook inspired by, and using the original recipes for, their favorite school lunches from the past. When we posted a link to the story on the SNF Facebook page it turned out to be one of the most popular shares of…
Another great connection we made at LAC 2016 this year was with Sandra Kemp, Director of Food and Nutrition Services in Albuquerque Public Schools. School breakfast is a hot topic in New Mexico right now, but we skipped the politics and went straight to the practical, asking Sandra what makes breakfast-in-the-classroom the right fit for…
Don’t miss Part One of our Breakfast in the Classroom Break interview with Dan Gorman, Food Service Director, Whitehall and Montague Schools, Michigan Beyond Breakfast: When we met in Washington, D.C., you told me about your popular “Oatmealicious” program. Where did that come from? Dan Gorman: The physical education teacher in that building also teaches…
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…
When it comes to breakfast-in-the-classroom, you would be hard-pressed to find a bigger fan than Jason Carter, Assistant Director of Child Nutrition at Rogers Public Schools in Arkansas. After moving from a small district (1800 students) to a much larger district, with over 15,000 students, Jason was charged with implementing breakfast-in-the-classroom after the program had…
Joe Urban – or as he’s known on Twitter @schoolfoodrocks – is the Director of Nutrition Services at Greenville County Schools in South Carolina. Over the last several months, Joe has shared a lot of great school breakfast stories and photos on Twitter, and when we reached out to ask Joe if he would share…
Stakeholders will be gathered in Phoenix, Arizona this weekend for the statewide Breakfast-in-the-Classroom summit, to discuss the expansion of school breakfast in Arizona’s high-need schools. It’s an incredible opportunity for school nutrition professionals in Arizona to learn more about breakfast-in-the-classroom, to hear from their peers who have successfully implementing BIC, and to network with state-level…
It’s been a few years since we checked in with our friend Kate Idzorek at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension. Back in 2011, we learned about how Idzorek was developing recipes for school cafeterias using Alaska grown-and-milled barley flour. In addition to sharing her recipe for barley hamburger buns, Kate told us that…
Our first visit to see Recipe for Success Foundation in action was so much fun, we were thrilled to accept an invitation to back and visit a second time! We were fortunate to see several aspects of the program at work on our second visit, including a morning Garden Class with Miss Howard’s first graders,…
