Sentences with phrase «give classroom parties»

Meanwhile, similar efforts to give classroom parties a healthful tune - up gain momentum nationally.

After a year of attempting to give classroom parties at my son's elementary school a healthy makeover, I've concluded that it can be difficult to make real change without one.

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Another notable feature in both the proposed and final rules — one likely to be of special interest to elementary school parents — is a requirement that wellness policies set nutritional standards for foods and beverages that aren't sold but instead made available to children at school, such as offerings at classroom parties or treats given out by teachers as a reward.

With community support, we eliminated high - fructose drinks from school vending machines and banned sweets from classroom parties (a hard swallow for those drinking the same sugary punch as Cookie Crusader Sarah Palin); changed the tuition - based preschool food offerings to allergy - free, healthful choices; successfully lobbied for a salad bar and then taught kids how to use it; enlisted Gourmet Gorilla, a small independent company, to provide affordable, healthy, locally sourced, organic snacks after - school and boxed lunches; built a teaching kitchen to house an afterschool cooking program; and convinced teachers to give - up a union - mandated planning period in order to supervise daily outdoor recess.

From the most obvious to the quite subtle, facets of intellectual property law have given her the opportunity to write about and explain it in courtrooms, classrooms, conference rooms, online courses, and even cocktail parties.