[Add your district’s information here] National School Breakfast Week March 7-11, 2016

WAKE UP TO SCHOOL BREAKFAST Made possible by:

 School breakfast helps kids perform their best at school – it’s proven!  Use this to your advantage when communicating with administrators and parents during NSBW  Check out the NSBW toolkit for examples of papers and studies you can reference EMPHASIZE THE LEARNING CONNECTION

 Increase participation and visibility for our school breakfast program  Educate parents and students about the importance of school breakfast as it relates to academic success  Get students excited about making healthy choices at breakfast with a fun theme 2016 PROMOTION GOALS

 NSBW is the perfect time to promote healthy menu options at breakfast  Keep parents informed of the fresh fruits and veggies, whole grains, and low-fat dairy offerings  Mail a letter home  Update your menus  Attend a PTA meeting  Post on Facebook COMMUNICATING NUTRITION STANDARDS

 Use social media to spread the word to parents, students, and administrators!  Use Facebook to inform parents about the healthy menu items  Ask your school district’s communications office about policies and who you should send your posts to  Remember to have parents fill out a media release if you’re publishing photos of kids STUDY YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA

IDEAS & TIPS Hand out brainteasers, riddles, and activity sheets to students during breakfast to wake up their brains for the day. Decorate the cafeteria with “Wake Up to School Breakfast” merchandise like posters, balloons, student giveaways, and even aprons for your staff! Participate in SNA’s 2016 art contest. Students can create their own ad for school breakfast!

IDEAS & TIPS Organize a raffle in the cafeteria with a fun prize like a bike or an iPad. Poll the students on their favorite breakfast foods. Serve the most popular menu items during NSBW! Post a big piece of paper on the wall, and leave markers on the table. Students can write why they love school breakfast!

 How well can your students sell school breakfast?  SNA’s 2016 art contest asks them to draw an advertisement for school breakfast.  Three national winners will receive prize packs and their ads will be featured on the SNA website!  Learn more at schoolnutrition.org/NSBW CREATE AN AD FOR SCHOOL BREAKFAST ART CONTEST

 Visit to access all of the free resources, like:  10+ Page toolkit of ideas and tips  Downloadable artwork and logos  Activity sheets for kids (in Spanish, too!)  Social media tools and cover photo  Customizable press release and proclamation  ….and much more RESOURCES REPORT CARD

 Q+A TIME’S UP!