School Breakfast and the Local Wellness Policy: Resources for Schools!

Every school participating in the National School Lunch Program must develop a Local Wellness Policy, to be in place no later than the first day of the 2006-2007 school year. The Wellness Policy must address a variety of issues including nutrition education and physical activity, nutrition standards for all foods sold on campus, and school-based activities which promote student wellness. The Nutrition Consortium has developed resources to help schools utilize their School Breakfast Program as a school-based activity to promote student wellness.

School Breakfast is Part of the Local Wellness Policy

School breakfast has a role in your school’s Wellness Policy. These materials can help you to include school breakfast in your school’s Wellness Policy. The following tools will help you to incorporate school breakfast into a Wellness Policy goal, and to meet these goals once the policy is in place.

Click on the links below to access the School Breakfast for School Wellness materials!

Make School Breakfast Promotion a Part of your Wellness Policy

The “why” and “how” of making School Breakfast part of the Wellness Policy. How to make School Breakfast promotion a measurable goal in the policy, how to meet the goal, and how to measure your success.

• Why should we promote school breakfast as a part of our local wellness policy?
• Model Language for Breakfast in the Wellness Policy
• Easy Steps to Measure Success
• Elementary Student Survey
• Secondary Student Survey
• Alternative Breakfast Service Methods

Make the Wellness Policy Work: Promoting School Breakfast to School Faculty, Administrators, Parents, and Students

To successfully meet the school breakfast measurable goal in your Wellness Policy, you will need to generate an understanding of why School Breakfast is so important to students’ health and academic performance. Here are some informational materials to distribute to members of your Wellness Committee and school community.

• Breakfast For Learning
• School Breakfast FAQ
• Student Breakfast Flyer #1
• Student Breakfast Flyer #2
• Parent Breakfast Flyer
• Teachers Give A+ to Breakfast in the Classroom
• Breakfast in the Classroom

We know that serving breakfast in the classroom is the best way to increase school breakfast participation. The Nutrition Consortium’s ABC Classroom Breakfast pilot demonstrated the numerous benefits of breakfast in the classroom. Read the Final Report!