The Wellness Impact Report
As schools prepare for standardized testing this spring, school leaders, teachers and parents are focused on ensuring students are prepared to do their best.
Breakfast Revitalization
Many schools capture breakfast skippers by Expanding Breakfast service beyond the cafeteria's walls. The reason – schools find that when they take breakfast to students, instead of expecting the student to come to the cafeteria, more students eat breakfast and gain the academic, behavioral and nutritional benefits. When all students in a classroom eat breakfast, everyone from teachers to students to parents wins. Typically, schools use one of three approaches, depending on their unique setting:
- Breakfast in the Classroom
- Grab 'n' Go Breakfast
- Breakfast After 1st Period
- Universal Breakfast
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School Breakfast Program
The School Breakfast Program (SBP) provides cash assistance to States to operate nonprofit breakfast programs in schools and residential childcare institutions.
More About Breakfast
Fuel Up to Play 60 Bring on Breakfast
These Healthy Eating Plays highlight the fact that eating a nutritious breakfast may help students perform better on tests, improve daily attendance and participate more in class.
Benefits of Breakfast
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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Supports Alternate School Breakfast
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on alternate school breakfast serving methods:
“Today, I am encouraging schools, school administrators, and teachers to seek out these and other innovative ways to increase participation in the school breakfast program. In doing so, we can ensure students are starting the school day with the food they need to enable them to be successful in the classroom.”
Alternate serving methods for breakfast include breakfast in the classroom and/or grab-and-go options.
Additional Resources
Breakfast for Health
There is a large body of research on the strong links between school breakfast consumption and favorable dietary, health, and educational outcomes among children and adolescents.
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Breakfast for Learning
Scientific research on the link between children’s nutrition and academic performance
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