A northwest suburban high school district is looking to quit the National School Lunch Program, giving up about $ 900,000 in federal aid before strict new guidelines would restrict some fundraisers such
as school bake sales.
Not exact matches
These would be more practical for
school parties, potlucks,
bake sales or, to give away
as Valentine's gifts.
As a child, I loved
baking flalpjacks for
school events and charity cake
sales.
They also would allow for «important traditions,» such
as parents sending cookies or cupcakes to
school for a child's birthday, or «occasional fundraisers and
bake sales.»
I recall listening to moms complain about their lack of libido
as we sat together on the Little League bleachers or manned the table at the middle
school bake sale.
And while the new federal rules do make an exception for occasional junk food fundraisers, such
as a
bake sale, HB1781 has no such limitation, allowing high
school junk food fundraisers every day of the
school year.
, still need to run out to buy something for tomorrow's
school bake sale, have nothing to wear to the fundraising gala next week, your nanny called in sick, and just realized your boss called a meeting at the same exact time
as today's parent - teacher conference.
This percentage does not account for additional treats sent home with children, given to them by teachers
as rewards, or purchased in
school at
bake sales.
On - campus
sales of
baked goods or items such
as pizza and candy during the
school day were among the least favored fundraisers.
As I wrote here and on Civil Eats, the
BAKE SALE Act and similar state efforts to bring back
school junk food fundraising make perfect sense in the short term.
I actually took a batch of these brownies to my son's
school for their fun fair
bake sale —
as you might expect, these were one of the first items to sell out!
While Jean C. Joachim's book, Beyond the
Bake Sale: The Ultimate
School Fund - Raising Book, is written
as a guide for parents, it also is a good manual for principals.
In her book, Beyond the
Bake Sale: The Ultimate
School Fund - Raising Book, Joachim provides outlines for organizing and running high - yield projects, such
as a pledge drive, a flea market, a street fair, a haunted house, and pizza - and - movie nights.
Helping in the classroom or,
as Mapp has written, holding a
school bake sale is not the only way for parents to support their children.
As she writes in Beyond the
Bake Sale, her first book on family —
school partnerships, many teachers «tend to be more comfortable with helping families to be involved with their children at home than with engaging families in their classrooms and
school buildings.»
We read Beyond the
Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family /
school Partnerships
as a guide for our conversations on home -
school partnerships.
She is the author and co-author of several articles and books about the role of families and community members in the work of student achievement and
school improvement including: A New Wave Of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family and Community Connections on Student Achievement (2002); «Having Their Say: Parents Describe How and Why They are Engaged in Their Children's Learning» (2003); Beyond the Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family - School Partnerships (2010); «Debunking the Myth of the Hard to Reach Parent» (2010); «Title I and Parent Involvement: Lessons from the Past, Recommendations for the Future» (2011); and A Match on Dry Grass: Community Organizing as a Catalyst for School Reform (
school improvement including: A New Wave Of Evidence: The Impact of
School, Family and Community Connections on Student Achievement (2002); «Having Their Say: Parents Describe How and Why They are Engaged in Their Children's Learning» (2003); Beyond the Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family - School Partnerships (2010); «Debunking the Myth of the Hard to Reach Parent» (2010); «Title I and Parent Involvement: Lessons from the Past, Recommendations for the Future» (2011); and A Match on Dry Grass: Community Organizing as a Catalyst for School Reform (
School, Family and Community Connections on Student Achievement (2002); «Having Their Say: Parents Describe How and Why They are Engaged in Their Children's Learning» (2003); Beyond the
Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family -
School Partnerships (2010); «Debunking the Myth of the Hard to Reach Parent» (2010); «Title I and Parent Involvement: Lessons from the Past, Recommendations for the Future» (2011); and A Match on Dry Grass: Community Organizing as a Catalyst for School Reform (
School Partnerships (2010); «Debunking the Myth of the Hard to Reach Parent» (2010); «Title I and Parent Involvement: Lessons from the Past, Recommendations for the Future» (2011); and A Match on Dry Grass: Community Organizing
as a Catalyst for
School Reform (
School Reform (2011).
Dr. Mapp is the author and co-author of several articles and books about the role of families and community members in the work of student achievement and
school improvement including: A New Wave Of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family and Community Connections on Student Achievement (2002); «Having Their Say: Parents Describe How and Why They are Engaged in Their Children's Learning» (2003); Beyond the Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family - School Partnerships (2010); «Debunking the Myth of the Hard to Reach Parent» (2010); «Title I and Parent Involvement: Lessons from the Past, Recommendations for the Future» (2011); and A Match on Dry Grass: Community Organizing as a Catalyst for School Reform (
school improvement including: A New Wave Of Evidence: The Impact of
School, Family and Community Connections on Student Achievement (2002); «Having Their Say: Parents Describe How and Why They are Engaged in Their Children's Learning» (2003); Beyond the Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family - School Partnerships (2010); «Debunking the Myth of the Hard to Reach Parent» (2010); «Title I and Parent Involvement: Lessons from the Past, Recommendations for the Future» (2011); and A Match on Dry Grass: Community Organizing as a Catalyst for School Reform (
School, Family and Community Connections on Student Achievement (2002); «Having Their Say: Parents Describe How and Why They are Engaged in Their Children's Learning» (2003); Beyond the
Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family -
School Partnerships (2010); «Debunking the Myth of the Hard to Reach Parent» (2010); «Title I and Parent Involvement: Lessons from the Past, Recommendations for the Future» (2011); and A Match on Dry Grass: Community Organizing as a Catalyst for School Reform (
School Partnerships (2010); «Debunking the Myth of the Hard to Reach Parent» (2010); «Title I and Parent Involvement: Lessons from the Past, Recommendations for the Future» (2011); and A Match on Dry Grass: Community Organizing
as a Catalyst for
School Reform (
School Reform (2011).