The purpose of the case study is to develop a weekend bookbag program for the growing basic need: hunger which is invading our school. Our school wants to start a weekend bookbag program that will offer students who are experiencing food in-securities, a bookbag filled with nonperishable items to have on the days that they are away from school. The snacks/food items will be provided to students whose parents have registered with the school social worker and are receiving free and/or reduced lunch. This case study will be based on a middle school in the Hillsborough County Public Schools in the Tampa XXXXX community. This is a neighborhood/community school filled with walkers, bike riders, car riders then the rest of the student population …show more content…
The psychology of hunger effects the physical and mental health of students, especially low socio-economic students who have an increased school dropout rate, behavioral and socio-emotional problems, and developmental delays. The Theory of change, or TOC, allows the program to take these mini-steps in an effort reach long-term goal of sustainability and connect the program with community and business support. Thus, giving the program flexibility to evaluate and assess the process, make adjustments, and strengthen the bases support. All students are provided free breakfast between the hours of 8:35 and 9:00am. Car riders, walkers, and bike riders are served by an a la carte mobile food cart located in the front of the school. Bus riders use the cafeteria for their daily breakfast meals. This separation works logistically for the size of the school, the student population and faculty/staff supervision. Lunch is served between noon and 2:15pm. The cafeteria space is shared with the neighboring high school which controls the middle school’s lunch times. There are several contributing factors and practices that relate to the problem. First, students are allowed to enter the lunch line once. If a student consumes all of their food and wants more, this is a contributing factor to the problem. Second, late bus students do not always receive breakfast because of supervision and staffing. Faculty/staff have morning duties and are not available
Verna Keesbury and Diane Willis are in charge of food operations for our K-12 school located in Montpelier, OH. Serving over 1,000 meals a day is not only challenging but rewarding to these women as well. Verna's kitchen staff starts serving meals at 10:30 a.m. and ends with the last high school lunch at 1:00 p.m. The greatest addition to Montpelier Schools' Lunch Program has been the School Dinning System Portal. Students enter their lunch number quickly and efficiently and RevTrack allows parents to track spending and eating habits. Parents are also able to pay lunch fees on-line.
Denny’s can impact childhood hunger in the US by working closely with food banks across the nation, creating food pantries, and creating community gardens in low income areas. Food banks collects food from many different sources and it also distributes its resources. Furthermore, creating a food pantry in high schools that are in low income areas can help families. Students who attend these high schools will also be from families who struggle with obtaining food. Moreover, students can come to the pantry and get some food for their families. In addition, a high school is a central location for numerous families. High schools Students can volunteer in expanding the food pantry, who will also work closely with the city’s food banks.
This article by Great Schools is addressed to parents considered about the current school lunches provided to the children in their district. Unlike any other source, this one focuses solely on 3 organizations that advocate. The diversity of the listed projects gives an opportunity to expand on different approaches to solve the various problems of the lunch program. However, there is no attempt to address the current issues of our system, requiring a previous understanding of how the school lunch system currently operates.
Courage, a quality deeply ingrained within the essence of every living being, propels individuals to confront adversity, danger, or pain without succumbing to fear. It is the driving force that empowers the human spirit to stand firm in the face of challenges, regardless of the consequences or criticisms that may arise. John A. Shedd eloquently captured the essence of courage in his metaphorical statement: “A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.” This quote resonates with the idea that humans are meant to venture beyond their comfort zones, just as ships are meant to sail the open seas, fulfilling their intended purpose. Courage has the transformative power to effect change in the world, whether for better or for worse.
Attempting to urge student involvement and the rising costs of providing meals is a constant issue with the companies which provides meals for the schools. In the meantime, the issue remains how to increase the nutritional values of the food provided and assisting the companies that provide the food to do so and to maintain a stable program and its honesty, especially in making sure that children who are not eligible do not receive these reduced cost or free meals (Ralston, Newman, Clauson, Guthrie, & Buzby, 2008, p. iii).
For the nearly 13 million kids in the U.S. facing hunger, getting the energy they need to learn and grow can be a dayin, dayout challenge.Kids who don’t get enough to eat — especially during their first three years — begin life at a serious disadvantage. When they’re hungry, children are more
I started at Sprint writing employee communications, specifically to support sales (i.e. sales executive comms, sales meeting run-of-shows, success stories) and to roll out SalesForce.com. As is typical in telecom, my career took a meandering path that included field PR (San Diego, Phoenix, Tucson, Philadelphia and Washington) and vertical market media (online gaming, healthcare, utilities, retail-POS, auto insurance, fleet and connected transportation). My vertical market outreach was centered abound promoting Sprint’s role in the Internet of Things (aka M2M communication). Today, Sprint is very focused on driving retail sales, so that’s what I’m doing.
Therefore, modifying the Healthy Hungry-Free Kids Act of 2010 is a great start to meeting the needs of a more diverse student body. In deciding to keep the program the same, active and athletic students leave school undernourished everyday. Consequently, students not receiving their nutritional needs could also quench their hunger with unhealthy alternatives. For example, they could choose to visit a gas station before a sport practice to get through the practice. A healthy lunch program is ineffective if, in effect, it causes students to consume more unhealthy alternatives. Overall, this either causes undernourished students or students indulging in unhealthy alternatives. Neither of these is a good outcome for the students health, it would more effective to offer a second serving of healthier food during
People live in a complex world where things are never as simple as they seem. Officials agree that in order for students to perform well in school, their basic needs have to be met (in conjunction with the ideas of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs). While schools may not be able to provide a safe place to sleep or warm clothing during the winter, they can provide a healthy, nutritious meal. According to the National Center for Children in Poverty, the number of children under 18 years of age living below the federal poverty level of $23,550 for a family of four represent 21.1% of the population (“Child Poverty,” n.d.). The National Lunch Act and its subsequent revisions have sought to mitigate the effects of hunger. Unfortunately, there are other circumstances that affect the desired outcomes of serving a balanced meal to students in need.
Everyone has experienced a high school lunch and all of it’s glory. Some lunches are different for other high schools; some get thirty plus minutes to eat their food, and some get less than that. In my school we get twenty-five minutes to eat our lunch, go to the bathroom, go to our locker if need-be, talk to our friends, and maybe talk to a teacher if we need to. Maybe it’s just me, but that sounds a little bit ridiculous, when all of the parts of lunch are added up. Having a sufficient amount of time to eat and not feel rushed can tremendously impact a student who is trying to learn and focus for eight hours, so Sullivan High School needs to stop promoting twenty-five minute lunches as if they are decent enough and give students enough time to eat.
Students at Owasso Public Schools have been known to throw away half of their meals because the whole grain pasta or rolls are “gross.” In addition to throwing it away, they just do not grab it. In a twenty minute lunch, only 44% of the students picked a fruit up across six different elementary schools and middle schools. Some schools are trying to counteract this be presenting the foods in a more appealing way such as coloring the applesauce. It is still not enough to get the students to eat the healthier food options. This suggests that they will throw out any food they dislike, wasting a significant amount of food and money. They will also not eat as much, causing students to be sluggish and attentive in
Some students try to rush through their food because they want to go to the gym. By the end of lunch we end up throwing away most of the food we buy. Instead of students buying everyday most students bring their lunch to avoid the long lines. Because most students bring their lunch, the school cafeteria
This paper explores the cons of death penalty in the American society. America’s history and political ethos are all about liberty. The Declaration of Independence declares that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are unalienable rights, however, both life and life and the pursuit of happiness also depend on liberty as a fundamental bedrock of the country. Ages until the early part of the twentieth century, was devoted to freeing society from the shackles of death penalty. An agenda which should be embraced by all the Americans. The United States Constitution constitution strictly avows respect for life. The restraints place on the government in the Constitution by the Founders are but a failure. The death penalty uses cruel and unusual
Breakfast time will be from 9:30 -10:00 this will consist of easy-to-eat foods, such as whole-grain cereal, fruit and milk or breakfast sandwiches with milk, are served to children in the classroom as the day begins. As kids finish up breakfast, I will take attendance and get the class focused on what will be going on in the classroom for the day such as if we have a guest speaker, or if there’s a change of plans because its raining outside. Some students simply aren’t hungry when they first arrive to class or may wake
To say nothing of the first day of my freshman year, I was lost and confused as ever. I approached a huge line to get my lunch, not knowing what I was in for. The line was so long that I did not have enough allotted time to eat my lunch. I sat down with my tray in front of me and thought, “What kind of food is this?” Four years later, the food has not improved much. Often, we are unsure of what we are eating, such as “mystery meat” or “slop on a plate.” The lunch has no variation. It is the same food everyday, and usually does not look appetizing. Our school should allow off-campus lunch. Students would enjoy it more if they were able to go out to eat somewhere in town, or go home for a home-cooked meal, rather than the food that they feed us at our school. Having off-campus lunch would teach students responsibility, interaction, and time management skills. It helps students realize how the real world