A Weekend Bookbag Program For The Growing Basic Need

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.

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.

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.

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

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).

A recent study conducted by the Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project (CCHIP) recorded that nearly 8% of American children under the age of 12 years old continuously experience hunger each year. The project also concluded that childhood hunger could be related to a lack of resources. The study also examined the relationship between food insufficiencies found in low income school aged children and their abilities to mentally function. Alarmingly, the study found that hungry and at-risk for hunger children were twice as likely as children receiving adequate meals to be classified as having impaired functioning. The study also reported that Teachers noted increased levels of hyperactivity, absenteeism, and tardiness among the lower

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.

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

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.

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

Food insecurity is commonly described as an individual’s inability to access adequate and nutritious foods, commonly due to the lack of money and/or available resources. According to a national survey, food insecurity plaques a plethora of campus communities including Rutgers University Newark, over 30% of our student body is facing this. Food insecurity can lead to high levels of anxiety, cognitive development problems, and depression. Basic daily needs have become a barrier to education in our own community, and many students are at risk of serious threats to their health and academic achievement. Rutgers University-Newark provides student, faculty, and staff with a food pantry, in which an individual has access to three times a week, however,

From observing the “Food for good” program, I have had the chance to learn about the program that is taking part in helping ASPIRE to provide free meals for students so that they don’t go home hungry. These meals vary from hot or cold meals daily. During the summer program, the students received breakfast and lunch. On Mondays and Wednesdays students received cold meals. On Tuesdays and Thursdays students received hot meals. Since doing the evaluations, we had an idea of what students liked and disliked. I believe that it’s important for children to have the chance to voice their own option. Letting children voice their own options can make an impact on them and make them feel important.

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

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

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