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…
We recently drove down to Guilford County, NC to check in with our PBIC school sites. Together with food service director Jim Faggione, we visited Sedgefield Elementary School, Welborn Middle School, Parkview Elementary School and Smith High School. Parkview Elementary – coffee house chill in the AM The first thing we noticed at Parkview was…
Although National School Breakfast Week is behind us, National Nutrition Month continues with a full calendar of awareness-raising nutrition highlights! We want to express our thanks and appreciation to everyone who participated in our National School Breakfast Week celebration. On the blog, on Facebook, and on Twitter, we made new friends and new connections to…
Breakfast-in-the-classroom is both a solution to problems (like hunger and obesity) and a way to enhance the school day through a shared meal with teachers and classmates. During our National School Breakfast Week celebration we have heard from so many of you–through the blog, on Facebook, and on Twitter–about all the varied reasons you support…
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…
A guest post by School Nutrition Foundation Senior Program Manager, Paula Zdanowicz, MPH It’s a fact: not only is breakfast considered the most important meal of the day, but eating breakfast at school helps children learn. Many school districts participate in the federally-funded School Breakfast program, but participation levels are low. More than 25 million…
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…
Communicating your school’s nutrition program effectively means reaching out to a number of key groups; not just students and their parents, but teachers, administrators, custodians, and the community at-large. At Beyond Breakfast we include a section on Promotions & Marketing in our Breakfast Resource Center to help you get started with your school breakfast program.…
