BREAKFAST—DON’T
START SCHOOL WITHOUT IT!
During
the month of March, our schools celebrate National School Breakfast
Week. Studies have shown that breakfast is a very important meal,
especially for students.
Riverhead School District offers breakfast daily in every
school. In the elementary schools, breakfast costs 75 cents. Middle
School and High School students pay $1.00. Students who are eligible
for reduced price meals pay only 25 cents.
Everyone needs energy to start their day and students especially
need to be able to focus on what is being taught. According to the
Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) in Washington, DC, “Children
experiencing hunger have lower math scores, have slower memory recall
and score lower on cognitive tests when they’ve missed breakfast.”
Eating breakfast also helps with student behavior while providing
them with important nutrients. For those who are trying to lose
a few pounds . . . adolescents who eat breakfast have a lower body
mass index than those who skip breakfast.
“So if you don’t have time for breakfast at home,”
states Food Service Director Karen Ball, “check out the school
cafeteria for a great start to your day!”
During the month of April as an added incentive and reward, the
Food Service 
Department
hosted a promotion entitled “HAVE A BALL WITH BREAKFAST.”
Food service workers offered students, who ate a school
breakfast, a chance (each time they ate breakfast) to win a basketball
and a soccer ball as a raffle gift. In May, two names were chosen
at each school. (Note: A person can burn between 300 to 500 calories
per hour playing basketball or soccer and the more you weigh the
more calories you burn.) The two winners at Pulaski are pictured.
Photo caption Upper Left: Two Pulaski students, who both eat school
breakfast, drew the winning names for the “Have a Ball with
Breakfast” promotion held during April at the Pulaski Street
School. They are pictured with Assistant Principal Alison Conroy
(left), Principal Dave Densieski and Food Service Director Karen
Ball.
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