Overview

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and schools provide millions of breakfasts to hungry children. This gives us reason to celebrate! Every March, the nation celebrates National School Breakfast Week, which was launched in 1989 to raise awareness of the availability of the School Breakfast Program to all children. During this week, schools put their breakfast programs on display through exciting contests and promotions.

Take Action

• Work with your food service staff to brainstorm ideas for how your school can celebrate National School Breakfast Week.
• Celebration ideas include:
  • Spruce up the cafeteria with NSBW posters, balloons, tablecloths or student artwork highlight healthy foods and the importance of breakfast.
  • Invite a local celebrity to eat breakfast with students such as local athletes, news anchor, school mascot, etc.
  • Do a menu makeover! Plan to serve a special item during NSBW or rename existing menu items with fun and creative names. Get students involved by holding school-wide contests and votes on new names and menu ideas.
  • Invite teachers, coaches, the principal or other guest servers to serve breakfast to students.
  • Host a taste test of new breakfast items or easy on-the-go breakfast options such as smoothies.
  • Make morning announcements highlighting the importance of breakfast.
  • Host a family breakfast where parents and siblings can eat together in the cafeteria.
  • Create a healthy breakfast bulletin board in the cafeteria.
  • Bring breakfast into the classroom – for example, during math, work with students to research the number of calories they ate for breakfast this morning and graph the class’ favorite breakfast foods.