Expanding Breakfast
Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association Presents Expanding Breakfast Awards to New Jersey Schools
Today’s fast-paced lifestyle prevents some children from eating breakfast each morning before leaving for school. As a result, many school districts have expanded their breakfast program outside of the cafeteria to make it easier and more appealing for their students to jumpstart the day with a nutritious breakfast. Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association recognized four New Jersey School Districts for their efforts to increase participation. …more
An Expanding Breakfast program is an effective way to meet the nutritional and health needs of your students, help create a Healthy School Environment and benefit your foodservice program. Alternative serving options include:
- Breakfast in the Classroom – The most successful, popular choice
- Grab ‘n’ Go Breakfast – Meal carts set up in strategic locations
- Breakfast After 1st Period – A healthy break after the day starts
Pick the one you feel works best in your situation: Breakfast in the Classroom yields the highest participation levels, up to 98 percent of enrollment; Grab ‘n’ Go and Breakfast After 1st Period typically generate participation levels of 15 percent to 40 percent.
The Expanding Breakfast Program Kit and Video
This self-study manual uses a step-by-step approach to help you set up an alternate breakfast program. The accompanying video profiles two breakfast success stories and shows how eating a nutritious breakfast improves test scores, concentration levels and behavior. Order the kit through the SNA Emporium.
Expanding Breakfast Fact Sheets
These reproducible masters summarize the benefits of alternate breakfast programs:
Expanding Breakfast Online Course
Take the NEW Expanding Breakfast Online Course to learn how to boost participation in your breakfast program and get two hours of SNA CEU credits at the same time!2007 School Breakfast Scorecard
Review key findings from the FRAC School Breakfast Scorecard.The Pennsylvania Breakfast Brigade
Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association has joined forces with Project PA to make school breakfast available to more of Pennsylvania’s children. The Breakfast Brigade is a group of foodservice directors who assist local school districts in Pennsylvania in their efforts to start new breakfast programs or increase participation in existing ones. The work of the Breakfast Brigade in providing consultation to other school districts began in the fall of 2003. Since that time, Breakfast Brigade members have been involved in the initiation of school breakfast programs in 75 schools in Pennsylvania and have assisted in the expansion of programs in 23 schools.
For more information about the program, visit the Project PA Web site.