Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Department of Food and Nutrition
NATIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST WEEK
March 7-11, 2016
Ms. Penny Parham, Administrative Director
Ms. Wanda Pedraza, Director
Staff Development, Nutrition Education, Marketing, Grants
Dear Principal and Food Service Manager:
The Department of Food and Nutrition invites you to celebrate National School Breakfast Week (NSBW), March 7-11,
2016 with the theme, “Wake Up! to School Breakfast”. This
week-long celebration of the School Breakfast Program is
spreading the message that school breakfast provides a sunny, energizing start to the day for your students. Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) offers free breakfast to all students each school day!
The School Breakfast Program provides students the opportunity to start the school day with
a healthy meal they might not otherwise have access to. Students that eat school breakfast
begin their day ready to learn—reflected in higher test scores and better classroom behavior—and have improved dietary intakes and reduced levels of food insecurity*.
Food and Nutrition has developed a packet of suggested activities for your use and encourage you to participate in the NSBW activities outlined. We hope that you will use the information provided to promote your School Breakfast Program. This packet is intended for use
by food service managers, teachers, and staff to make NSBW a success for the students of
Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
Additionally, the School Nutrition Association is promoting a School Breakfast Art Contest.
The contest encourages students to create their own advertisement for breakfast at school
by drawing an ad using a combination of pictures and words. Details are listed in this promotional package.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ms. Wanda Pedraza, Director, Department of Food and Nutrition at 786-275-0454. We look forward to your feedback on the success of promoting NSBW activities during the week of March 7-11, 2016.
Much success,
Penny Parham, MS, RD
Administrative Director
*Source: Food Research & Action Council, School Breakfast Scorecard 2012-2013 School Year
NATIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST WEEK
March 7-11, 2016
“Wake Up! to School Breakfast”
PARTICIPATION FORM
In order to participate in certain NSBW activities, a participation form must be submitted
to ensure your school would receive the correct amount of promotional materials. Please
complete the form below and fax it to the attention of Ms. Robin Berger, Food Service
Employee Development Specialist at 786 275-0840. Thank you.
School Name:
Location Number:
Manager/Satellite Assistant:
Staff Number.:
Average Breakfasts Served:
Activities your school wishes to participate in:
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“Fact of the Day” Announcements
Take Your Parents to Breakfast Day
Tour of the Kitchen
School Breakfast Writing Contest
Please submit the participation form by Wednesday, March 2, 2016.
NATIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST WEEK
March 7-11, 2016
“Wake Up! to School Breakfast”
FACT OF THE DAY ANNOUNCEMENT
The purpose of the Fact of the Day announcement
is to create awareness of the National School
Breakfast Program as well as good nutrition practices. This activity may be
done at all grade levels and is encouraged for all schools.
The procedures are that each morning when the announcements are read via
the intercom, the Food Service Manager or designated staff member will read
one of the following messages daily during National School Breakfast Week.
General Announcement:
Good morning!
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The theme of this year’s National School Breakfast Week is “Wake Up! To
School Breakfast”.
Eating breakfast provides the opportunity to start the school day with a
healthy meal.
School breakfast helps to build lifelong healthy eating habits.
On any given day, approximately 51% of students go to school without
breakfast.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools serves an estimated 81,000 breakfasts
daily.
Breakfast is “free” every day for all students enrolled in Miami-Dade County
Public Schools.
NATIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST WEEK
March 7-11, 2016
“Wake Up! to School Breakfast”
TAKE YOUR PARENT TO BREAKFAST DAY
As a way of promoting breakfast in our schools, the parents need to
know how nutritious and wonderful our food really is!
Please extend an invitation for parents to sample our food and have
breakfast with their children during National School Breakfast Week.
This includes going out of our way to make sure that everything is perfect for new potential customers.
For this event, consult with your principals; please note that teachers must be notified, so they can send notices home to parents. Parents may purchase a school
breakfast meal for two dollars ($2.00) each and share a healthy breakfast with their
children.
Remember breakfast for all M-DCPS students is “no charge” every school day.
NATIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST WEEK
March 7-11, 2016
“Wake Up! to School Breakfast”
TOUR OF THE KITCHEN
Throughout National Breakfast Week, Food Service Managers and staff are
encouraged to offer tours of the kitchen to students and teachers. This is a
great opportunity for your school to shine by showing parents and community
stakeholders your food service program.
Suggested topics for the tour include the following:
How is the food prepared?
What is the function of the large equipment?
Health benefits of school breakfast.
“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day!”
Please allow teachers the opportunity to bring their classes to the kitchen to
learn what it is like to serve so many breakfasts! If time allows, older students
may be offered the chance to assist with the preparation of simple items. All
grade levels are encouraged to participate.
Capture the moments with pictures!
NATIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST WEEK
March 7-11, 2016
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Art Contest:
Create an Ad for School Breakfast!
You already know about all the benefits of a healthy school breakfast. Ask your students to share their take on why they love it
by creating their own advertisement for breakfast at school!
In the 2016 art contest, students will draw an ad for school breakfast, using a combination of pictures and words.
Three national winners will receive special prize packs, and their ads will be published on the SNA website.
Entries are due Thursday, March 31, 2016*! Download the submission forms below.
Contest Overview
You can hold your own ‘Create an Ad for School Breakfast’ contests at the school or district level to narrow down your submissions. Each school can only enter three (3) entries to the national contest.
All entries by students must be made to a local competition (to be organized by and held in schools). Please note that the only
way to enter this contest is through a participating school, students cannot enter the contest directly or through a parent.
On the official entry form, students should draw their ad for school breakfast. They need to include both images and words as
well.
To judge the national contest, a panel of judges will select three national winners, based on criteria like creativity, skill, and messaging. The winners (one from Elementary School, Middle School, and High School) will receive a prize packs from SNA and their
ads will be published on the website.
Entries must be original, not plagiarized and not evocative of any existing commercial characters so as not to infringe any copyrights or trademarks.
Entries are due March 31, 2016.
The method and criteria for judging at the National level will be based on the following criteria:
Contest Forms
Student Entry Form
Official Entry Form
Official Rules
*Please be sure to allow enough time for your students’ submissions to
be mailed to SNA’s headquarters in Maryland.Entries will not be accepted after March 31.