It’s getting wild this National School Lunch Week!
Schools across the country are “Wild About School Lunch” and celebrating National School Lunch Week, October 11-15. This year, lunch is available for free to all students and the efforts of school nutrition professionals ensure healthy lunches are being served, despite unprecedented nationwide supply chain and staffing challenges stemming from the pandemic.
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Curbside Lunch Pick-up Doesn’t Stop National School Lunch Week Celebrations
National School Lunch Week (NSLW) looks pretty different this year for Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools (NC) as K-5 students won’t be starting in-school classes until October 19. The district has been running a curbside meal pick-up operation to coincide with distance learning, but they haven’t given up serving nutritious and delicious meals for their students! ECPPS is offering prepared meals that are shelf stable or heat-and-eat selections for middle and high schoolers.
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Schools Boost Flavor to Lower Sodium in Meals
As part of the National School Lunch Week theme, “Recipes for Success,” today we’re featuring school meals that are lower in sodium but big on flavor! We’ve got details on a comfort food favorite, Broccoli Cheddar Soup from a South Carolina lunchroom, and a colorful Teriyaki Chicken from an Arizona cafeteria. Read more…
School Food Gets Sophisticated
As students get exposed to more culturally diverse foods and choices, they seek those options in the cafeteria too. Schools across the country are incorporating more ethnically diverse foods into their menus and including them in exciting new build-your-own stations for student to customize their healthy lunches.
Food Art Welcomes Students
Presentation is everything. Geneva County Schools’ (AL) child nutrition professionals know that all too well – the healthy meals they serve have all the nutrition students need, but now they’re providing eye appeal in the cafeteria too! Read more…
Seafood Loving Foodservice Director Promotes Fish on School Menus
The city of Greenville, South Carolina prompts many to think of the Reedy River, which creates beautiful cascading falls as it rushes through the center of the aptly named Falls Park. The downtown was built up around the famous river, encouraging residents to be active with its network of bridges connecting parks and walkways along the Reedy. Read more…
Fifteen & Fit Program Motivates Students to Get Moving
When Stephen Pino became principal at Algodones Elementary School in the Bernalillo Public School system in New Mexico, he brought with him an appreciation for physical education and promoting a healthy breakfast.
Pino started a Fifteen and Fit School Running and Walking Program last year to help get students motivated in the morning. Aptly named, the program gives the entire elementary school, about 200 students, 15 minutes to walk or run in the morning. Many members of the Algodones staff and administration also take the time to get in some morning exercise, accompanying the students every morning. Read more…
Breakfast in the Classroom Helps Students Focus
School districts have been incorporating Breakfast in the Classroom (BIC) for years as a way to increase student participation in school breakfast and better prepare students for a rigorous day of learning. Read more…
Minnesota Schools Warm Up with Gourmet Oatmeal Recipes
As the cold winter months in Minnesota started to settle in, Roseville Area Schools Nutrition Services Supervisor Angela Richey, MPH, RD, SNS, introduced creative and interactive ways to get new oatmeal choices on the school breakfast menus.
After being approached by a cafeteria manager in the district about ways to incorporate warm, comforting oatmeal to the menu for winter, Richey knew plain old oatmeal just wouldn’t cut it for her kids. Read more…
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