Sentences with phrase «meal at school»

«This is a massive step forward in the campaign to ensure every child, whatever their home circumstances, gets a healthy meal at school,» he said.

We serve children nutritious meals at school to encourage healthy food choices.

More students qualify for free or reduced - price meals at school (a sign of belonging to a low income family) than ever before.

Is your breakfast line too long to accommodate all of the students who want to eat the morning meal at school?

One of the answers to the obesity crisis could be to offer just one nutritious, balanced, delicious meal at school each day.

Perhaps the number of children taking up their free school meals at your school is declining, or the costs of your service are going up.

Many of the kids that get them have their only meal at school and don't have dinner.

This groundbreaking program has prevented hunger and promoted education by enabling our young people to have access to safe, balanced, and affordable meals at school.

For example, pupils can spend their change in the local corner shop on unhealthy snacks, instead of on a healthy meal at school.

For multiple years, the suit alleges, Chartwells was paid many millions of dollars more for meals than it should have been, even while the company often delivered food late, failed to provide the full number of meals at some schools, and repeatedly served poor quality or spoiled food.

Evans noted the importance of feeding students healthy meals at school as some may go without food on evenings and weekends when they are not at school.

Tired of being forced to eat what she felt were nutritionally sub-par meals at school, a 9 - year - old student took to her blog in an effort to draw...

You don't mind that the USDA, with the full knowledge of Congress, uses your tax dollars to subsidize corn and soybean crops which keeps companies like Monsanto and ConAgra fat and happy while Congress throws a measly 6 cents per meal at school lunch every 5 yrs.?

Sen. Donne Trotter (D - Chicago) touted the ban as a way to provide healthy food to schoolchildren, particularly those who may be receiving their only hot meals at school.

Wow, school lunches in the US look appalling... My daughters get a pretty good meal at their school cafeteria here in France: some kind of salady, raw vegetably thing to start with (tomatoes, or cucumber, or beetroot and sweetcorn, or celery remoulade... that kind of thing), followed by some kind of protein (chicken, ham, beef, fish on Fridays because it's a Catholic school!)

State education officials said there has been an increased focus on providing fresh fruits and vegetables in student lunches, as the state noted a significant increase in the past decade in the number of students who require meals at school.

Today, over 50,000 students in the Santa Barbara County public schools have access to nutritious, scratch - cooked meals at school.

«It is gratifying that parents across the state support the updated nutrition standards, which are driving our efforts to provide their children with the healthiest possible meals at school,» said Melinda Bonner, director of child nutrition services for Hoover City Schools and legislative chair of the Alabama School Nutrition Association.

If elites want their kids to have snobby meals at school let them send the little princes and princesses to boarding school.

We also strongly support the Governor's proposals to educate the whole child, a key priority for the Regents, including to ensure New York's students have access to healthy meals at school so they can focus on learning in the classroom.

For the first time, all 61,000 students in the San Antonio public schools this fall can eat their morning and midday meals at school without spending a dime, regardless of their families» incomes.

These include a relatively standard set of student and family demographics: an indicator for whether anyone in the family received free or reduced - price meals at school in the past year, the family's income as a percentage of the federal poverty line, whether the child was born in the United States, whether the child lives with a single mother, and the highest level of education either parent has attained.

The (once daily) meals at the school cost Tara 25 cents.

More than half a century ago, the National School Lunch act was passed, allocating funds for nutritious meals at school, and these days many educators worry more about childhood obesity than about malnutrition.

When the economy worsens, some parents can't afford to provide meals for their children everyday, but kids can get a free or reduced - price meal at school, so there's greater demand for our products in schools.»

During the 2016 - 17 school year, 59 percent of Newark students in both district and charter schools started the day with a healthy morning meal at school.

The winning Courgette was made into a delicious meal at the school and showcased for all to taste, and the growers received a free lunch for themselves and a friend.

Tired of being forced to eat what she felt were nutritionally sub-par meals at school, a 9 - year - old student took to her blog in an effort to draw attention to the issue.

Henderson added that while there is a lot of work to be done before all students are getting healthy meals at school, we are on the right path.

Eating a meal at school makes a difference for children who are chronically hungry.

This is especially important because for many kids, their meals at school can often be their only meals for the day.

I sometimes feel a bit uncomfortable when the discussion turns to students who do receive meals for free... perhaps the meals at school are their main source of food.

This will only make the problem of food insecurity, hunger and related obesity worse if kids are trying to get a day's worth of calories in one meal at school.

She knows that cloth napkins are better for the earth, but I think they also remind her a little bit of home during her meal at school.

As Dr SuRu says, students who eat 2 meals at school 180 days a year over 12 or 13 years of school represents a large chunk of their meal time experiences.

«These new food standards will ensure all children are able to eat healthy, nutritious meals at school.

The Democrat - led House voted Thursday to send President Obama a bill that would enable more poor children to receive free meals at school, raise the nutritional quality of cafeteria fare and reduce the junk food and sugary beverages sold in school vending machines.

And it's why one of the single most important things we can do to fight childhood obesity is to make those meals at school as healthy and nutritious as possible.»

But, I'm here to provide a reality check: one meal at school will not make or break an athlete.

As your Board, we are most proud of what unites SNA's members — a dedication to ensuring all students receive healthy meals at school.

Halana Turner, a junior at Fraser High School in Fraser, Mich. also said that she used to like the meals at her school.

Four years ago, Congress, in a strong bipartisan effort, committed to America's children that they would enjoy healthier and more nutritious meals at school.

More than 30 million kids a year participate in the National School Lunch Program, getting free or reduced - price meals at school.