Each month, our staff reads hundreds of media reports on the subject of school nutrition. We curate our favorites in a monthly blog post we call, “In the News.” Highlighting positive stories about the great things going on in school cafeterias helps us in many ways: providing inspiration, connecting school nutrition professionals from across the…
Today is Friday, May 1, 2015 which means that School Lunch Hero Day is here! Honoring school lunch staff nationwide, School Lunch Hero Day precedes School Nutrition Employee Week (May 4-8) this year—but we’ve already been celebrating on Facebook and Twitter! And we’re not done yet. We’ll be online all day, sharing your photos and…
This is Part Two of a two-part series on breakfast-in-the-classroom at McMinnville School District in Oregon. Today we will hear from principals at two McMinnville Schools—Margie Johnson from Grandhaven Elementary and Kourtney Ferrua of Wascher Elementary—on why they believe breakfast-in-the-classroom is the perfect fit for their schools. Don’t miss Part One of our McMinnville series,…
This is Part One of a two-part series on breakfast-in-the-classroom at McMinnville School District in Oregon. Check back tomorrow to hear from principals at two McMinnville Schools—Margie Johnson from Grandhaven Elementary and Kourtney Ferrua of Wascher Elementary—on why they believe breakfast-in-the-classroom is the perfect fit for their schools. Regular readers of Beyond Breakfast might remember…
This blog post originally appeared on the NEA Health Information Network blog as part of the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom’s National School Breakfast Week coverage. Visit the Partners page via the link below for more information on breakfast-in-the-classroom! As the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom (PBIC) initiative enters its third round of funding,…
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…
We celebrated some terrific healthy observances in November, which is great—it helps balance all that turkey we eat at Thanksgiving! November included observances like America Recycles Day, World Kindness Day, Diabetes Awareness Week, and National Peanut Butter Lovers Month! One of our most popular stories in November was our update on the #GivingTuesday Annual Fund…
Each month, our staff reads hundreds of media reports on the subject of school nutrition. We curate our favorites in a monthly blog post we call, “In the News.” Highlighting positive stories about the great things going on in school cafeterias helps us in many ways: providing inspiration, connecting school nutrition professionals from across the…
The school year is winding down across the country, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to stop talking about delicious, nutritious school lunch and breakfast. As we all know, “hunger doesn’t take a vacation,” which is why summer feeding has been dominating the headlines—and the hashtags—for the last few weeks. At the end of April,…
