The School Nutrition Foundation is excited to announce that we have released two new Breakfast-in-the-Classroom case studies. Each study details the implementation of universal breakfast-in-the-classroom pilot programs, one in Memphis City Schools and the other in Dallas Public Schools. These pilot programs were funded through the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom; along with SNF,…
We have a winner! The School Nutrition Foundation is pleased to announce that the 2013 recipient of the SNF/Winston Industries Equipment Award Grant is the Warrior Run School District, located in Turbotville, Pennsylvania. You are going to get to know the staff at Warrior Run, including their School Food Service Supervisor, Renee Frederick. We will…
Kim Pankowski is the breakfast-in-the-classroom Field Specialist for School District U-46, Elgin (IL). We sat down with Kim on our recent visit to Harriet Gifford Elementary School to discuss the first year of BIC in Elgin, and what’s next for the program. Thank you for sharing your insights with us, Kim! Beyond Breakfast: Kim, tell us…
A guest post by School Nutrition Foundation Senior Program Manager, Paula Zdanowicz, MPH Last week SNF visited Harriet Gifford Elementary School in Elgin, a suburb of Chicago, for a Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom media event. School District U-46 has experienced great success with expanding its school breakfast participation. Since the beginning of BIC, participation…
We are all rested up from the March whirlwind that was National School Breakfast Week, and we are ready to embark upon another celebration—two, in fact! We have two upcoming opportunities to celebrate the special school nutrition professionals in your life: School Nutrition Employee Week, which runs May 6-10, and School Lunch Superhero Day which…
Yesterday SNF was back in Charleston, SC to see school breakfast in action. The last time we were here, we visited Angel Oak Elementary for our media event in November 2012. We met up with Walter Campbell, director of foodservice, to visit Garrett Academy and EB Ellington Elementary. Our first stop was Garrett Academy, one…
Today we are talking to Sandy Huisman, Director of Food & Nutrition Management in Des Moines Public Schools (IA). Des Moines joined the Partners for Breakfast-in-the-Classroom project in SY2012-13, rolling out the program in twelve elementary schools at the beginning of the school year. We asked Sandy some of the questions we hear the most from…
We recently sat down with Amy Dennes, Regional Assistant Superintendent, Jefferson County Public Schools (KY), to discuss what breakfast-in-the-classroom means from an administrative perspective. As we continue to celebrate National School Breakfast Week, we hope you will continue to check back with us here at Beyond Breakfast—and connect with us on Facebook and Twitter—to help spread…
When the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom pilot program began in school year 2010-11, Dallas Independent School District (Dallas, TX) was one of the original districts to sign on and begin serving children breakfast-in-the-classroom. In August 2011 we sat down with Dallas ISD Executive Food Service Director of Child and Nutrition Services Dora Rivas…
A guest post by School Nutrition Foundation Senior Program Manager, Paula Zdanowicz, MPH On December 11, 2012 SNF joined Denver Public Schools (CO) for the eighth PBIC media event celebrating Breakfast in the Classroom (BIC). We gathered at Ellis Elementary School with fellow hunger, nutrition and education advocates to highlight how BIC has been benefiting…
