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Students ‘Rock and Roll’ with school breakfast

Red Bay cafeteria worker Freda Massey gives Jamison Brown his school breakfast.
Red Bay cafeteria worker Freda Massey gives Jamison Brown his school breakfast.

The majority of Americans feel breakfast is important, but hectic mornings make it difficult to fit the meal in every day.

In fact, 40 percent of moms say that their child does not eat breakfast daily, according to Kellogg’s Breakfast in America survey.

To garner increased participation in the School Breakfast Program, all county schools recognized National School Breakfast Week March 3-7.

National School Breakfast Week is a weeklong celebration aimed at increasing awareness of the School Breakfast Program among students and parents.

“Too many children are showing up at school hungry, and hungry children can’t learn,” said Amy Gunderman, Child Nutrition Director for the Franklin County School System.

“Eating breakfast at school can help families save time in the morning, and knowing that school breakfast is healthy and a great value is a huge relief for parents.”

Cafeterias promoted school breakfast with special menus and decorations, activities, and events all week – all centered on the theme “Rock and Roll with School Breakfast”.  Schools decorated with a 50s theme including a jukebox, old records and 50s music that played while the kids were eating.

Every school day, the Franklin County School’s breakfast program offers students a healthy breakfast that they need to get set for a busy school day. Every school breakfast served meets federal nutrition standards limiting fat, calories, sodium.

Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, National School Breakfast Week was launched in 1989 to raise awareness of the availability of the School Breakfast Program (SBP) to all children and to promote the links between eating a good breakfast, academic achievement and healthy lifestyles.

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