Grab and Go Breakfast

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Grab and Go Breakfast

• Kellom Elementary

Michelle Avilla and Amy Noon
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National School Lunch Program

• Established in 1946.
• As a measure of national security, to safeguard
  the health and well-being of the nations
  children.
• (Gunderson, 1971)
• Federally subsidized meal programs have since
  expanded to include school breakfast as well as
  after-school and summer options.
• (David, 2011)

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School Breakfast Program

• Piloted in 1966
• Done in areas where children had long bus rides
  and regions with many working mothers
• In 1975 it became a permanent entitlement program
• Omaha Public Schools introduced complimentary
  breakfast in 1997
• Different schools were slowly phased in

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Reality

• 31 million students participated in the National
  School Lunch Program in 2007-2008
• 18 million are from low income families
• Only ½ of low income students participate in the
  breakfast program
• 1 in 6 participate in summer nutrition programs

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Missing Breakfast

• Children who skip breakfast are less able to
  distinguish among similar images, show increased
  errors, and have slower memory recall
• Children experiencing hunger have lower math
  scores and are more likely to have to repeat a
  grade
• Children that are undernourished are more likely
  to be suspended and have difficulty getting along
  with other children

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Importance of Breakfast

• Perform better on standardized tests
• Improve their speed and memory in cognitive tests
• Have better math grades, attendance, and
  punctuality
• Perform better on mental tasks and respond better
  to frustration

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School Breakfasts Move From Cafeteria to Class

• In an effort to increase participation in school
  breakfast programs and nurture academic success,
  a new initiative is moving meals from the
  cafeteria to an educational environment students
  know best the classroom (Anderson 2011)

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Grab and Go Breakfast

• What is it.
• Its a new way of serving breakfast to students
  to ensure they begin the day with a healthy meal
• It is a way to increase participation in the
  breakfast program
• It is a way to get the day started more quickly,
  calmly, and productively

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Grab and Go Breakfast

• Schools that provide breakfast in the classroom
  show a decrease in tardiness and suspensions as
  well as improved behavior and attentiveness
• Schools that provide a universal school breakfast
  have higher breakfast participation, especially
  when it is served in the classroom.
• Schools providing all students with free
  breakfast have greater positive changes in
  academic performance.

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Grab and Go Breakfast

• Schools that have breakfast in the classroom
  report decreases in discipline and psychological
  problems, visits to school nurses, tardiness,
  increases in student attentiveness and
  attendance, and generally better learning
  environment
• Breakfast in the classroom has shown reduce risk
  of childhood obesity
• Schools with breakfast in the classroom report a
  more relaxed start to the day

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How it works

• Students arrive at school for breakfast. They
  get in line and grab their to go bag

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How it works

• The students decide if they would like hot or
  cold breakfast
• They grab a milk and continue on through the line

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How it works

• Students grab the meal of their choice and put it
  in their to go bag

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How it works

• Students proceed to the classroom with breakfast
  in hand
• They are greeted by the teacher and they put
  their things in their locker

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How it works

• Students begin eating their breakfast
• Students who choose not to participate in
  breakfast, may begin their assigned work

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How it works

• When students are finished with breakfast, they
  throw away any left over food and recycle all
  other materials

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Menu

• The Grab and Go Breakfast program offers the same
  menu options, with a few slight adjustments, as
  all other Omaha Public Schools
• Hot options are prepackaged or put in a sleeve to
  make travel to the classrooms handy

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Teacher Expectations

• Greet students in the hall before they arrive in
  the classroom in the morning
• Allow students time to eat their breakfast
• Teach students the rules of the program
• Call engineer if spills occur

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Concerns for the Program

• Spills are cleaned up immediately by the engineer
• Trash is recycled in bins in the hallway
• Students are able to begin their work immediately
  when finished eating or not participating in the
  program
• Cleaning supplies are available in each classroom
• Students are taught classroom expectations for
  the Grab and Go breakfast program