School Breakfast
Background
UDIM is committed to assisting schools with promoting and expanding their breakfast programs. In 2008 State Superintendent Mike Flanagan issued a challenge to all Michigan Schools to increase their breakfast participation district-wide by 50% by May 2010.
Click here to view the Breakfast Challenge podcast
Congratulations to all winners of the Michigan School Breakfast Challenge! Over 200 school districts statewide met the challenge by increasing their breakfast participation over 50% between May 2008 and May 2010. Thanks to all the schools that participated in the Challenge, 68,000 more Michigan students are eating breakfast in school and starting their day ready to learn. Click for a complete list of winners and to read success stories.
Watch the video below to learn how winning district Superintendents met the challenge.
The Michigan School Breakfast Challenge Award:click here to see the 2008-09 Honor Roll and read the Gold and Silver Award Winning Success Stories.
MI Successes
Learn from school administrators, teachers and foodservice personnel how eating a nutritious school breakfast is helping Michigan kids improve their academic achievement and behavior in school. Video shows examples of how "breakfast in the classroom" works.
The Michigan School Breakfast Challenge Competition is complete but the challenge to increase school breakfast participation continues. Many children still start their day on an empty stomach. For help with your breakfast program, call UDIM @ 800-241-6455 and check out the helpful websites listed below. School breakfast isn’t just for test days anymore! Breakfast is fuel for school achievement.
Expanding Your School Breakfast Program
Expanding Your School Breakfast Program provides a step-by-step guide to create a breakfast-focused team, explore alternative service methods, design and implement an action plan, and market the program effectively to improve participation and positively impact student health and academic potential. The resource includes downloadable letters to principals, teachers, and parents, a PowerPoint presentation, and other materials to build community support and encourage more students to eat School Breakfast.
Access the Expanding Your School Breakfast Program site at:http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Breakfast/expansion/default.htm
Project PA School Breakfast Resources: this link will give you video clips highlighting “creative strategies” used by foodservice directors to improve breakfast participation, links to grab-n-go and breakfast in the classroom resources, Food Research and Action Center, “Got Breakfast Foundation and more. Click here for more breakfast ideas and information.
Breakfast Boost Brainpower Brochure: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. This brochure explains why breakfast improves student learning and behavior includes breakfast tips and ideas. For ordering information please call United Dairy Industry of Michigan, 1-800-241-6455 (MILK). Available to Michigan residents only.
Michigan School Breakfast Success Stories: Read what other Michigan schools are doing to increase breakfast participation in their school, find out how they have overcome barriers, costs involved and more. Click here to get started http://mihealthtools.org/schoolsuccess/default.asp?tab=selectstories.


