It’s that time of year! Are you back-to-school yet? If not, it’s just around the corner. The beginning of the school year is an incredibly busy time for everyone—teachers, students, administrators, support staff, and of course, school foodservice staffers. We know you have a lot on your plate (pun intended!) but we don’t want…
When it comes to school breakfast, one of the biggest concerns we hear cited is in regard to funding. “Where will I find the money?” is a question often raised by school foodservice directors who are convinced that school breakfast is a great idea, but are not convinced they can achieve that goal in their…
Here at Beyond Breakfast, we love it when schools “put on their thinking caps” to come up with creative solutions for feeding students. When we read great stories about the creative ways schools across the country are implementing school breakfast and lunch programs, we just have to share them with you! Special Breakfast Offers Etiquette…
The Beyond Breakfast crew, along with the entire staff of the School Nutrition Foundation, wants to wish all of our readers—parents, students, teachers, school foodservice professionals, and everyone else who is so passionate about making sure our children receive healthy, nutritious school meals–a holiday season full of love and light, and a Happy New Year…
Is breakfast the best-kept secret in nutrition? Not for long! The benefits of breakfast are being touted by media outlets across the country, most recently through an eight-page insert appearing in the Chicago Sun-Times and its CROWN network papers–a total 450,000 circulation! You can find a full PDF version of the Breakfast insert online, and…
We are thrilled to share breakfast in the classroom news with you! Recently one of our Breakfast in the Classroom districts was featured by KATV Channel 7 in Little Rock, AR. KATV has posted a 2-part video profile featuring Little Rock School District Food Nutrition Director Lilly Bouie. To view parts 1 & 2 of…
The breakfast in the classroom program at James Madison Elementary School in Ogden, UT was a mere thirteen days old when we sat down to talk to Ogden School District Dietitian Kristine Scott, RD, CD. Kristine sent a thank you shout out to other school food professionals for her help in an online forum, where…
Are you looking for resources to share with stakeholders? Are you building support for your breakfast in the classroom project with teachers and administrators? Check out this short but informative video from Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom participating district Orange County Public Schools!
We know that breakfast in the classroom is newsworthy–and the media thinks so, too! We were pleased to see this recent op-ed in The Washington Post that highlights breakfast in the classroom. It is so important to continue this discussion about the benefits of what breakfast in the classroom for students. Universal, in-classroom breakfast programs…
As the new academic calendar resets, we wanted to catch up with one of our Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom rock stars and see what’s on the menu for the 2011-12 school year. We recently had a chance to speak with Dora Rivas, M.S., R.D., L.D. Dora is the Executive Food Service Director of…