1. National School Breakfast Week
[Add your district’s info here]

2. 2019 Promotion Goals
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
March 4-8, 2019
National School Breakfast Week

3. Emphasize the Learning Connection
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
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National School Breakfast Week

4. School Breakfast: Fast Facts
Students who participate in school breakfast show improved attendance, behavior, and standardized achievement test scores as well as decreased tardiness.
Source: Food Research & Action Council
Students who eat breakfast have better attention and memory.
Source: The National Dairy Council
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Students who eat school breakfast attend on average 1.5 more days of school per year and score 17.5% higher on standardized math tests.
Source: Share Our Strength
National School Breakfast Week
Low-income children who receive school breakfast do better on a variety of indicators than low-income peers who go without breakfast.
Source: The Sodexo Foundation

5. Communicate Nutrition Standards
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
March 4-8, 2019
National School Breakfast Week

6. Communicate Nutrition Standards
Send the NSBW infographic home
Update menus
Attend a PTA meeting
Remind busy parents their child has healthy breakfast options at school!
March 4-8, 2019
National School Breakfast Week

7. Get Social!
Use social media to spread the word to parents, students, and administrators!
Ask your school district’s communications office about policies and where to send your posts
Remember to have parents fill out a media release if you’re publishing photos of kids
Use hashtags: #NSBW19, #schoolbreakfast, #StartYourEngines, #fuelforschool
March 4-8, 2019
National School Breakfast Week

8. Get Social!
Make posting quick and easy using SNA’s NSBW social media graphics
Tag SNA in your posts!
March 4-8, 2019
National School Breakfast Week
Facebook.com/SchoolNutritionAssociation
@SchoolLunch
@Schoolnutritionassoc

9. Ideas & Tips
March 4-8, 2019
Use SNA’s coloring pages and activity sheets to engage students and display their artwork in the cafeteria!
National School Breakfast Week
Outfit your “pit crew” with Start Your Engines SNA Emporium gear and transform your cafeteria into a racing-themed pit stop!

10. Ideas & Tips
Hand out brainteasers, riddles, and activity sheets to students during breakfast to wake up their brains for the day.
Organize a raffle in the cafeteria for students that eat breakfast each day with a great racing prize like a bike!
Poll the students on their favorite breakfast foods and School Breakfast Racer during #NSBW19. Conduct an NSBW taste test.
March 4-8, 2019
National School Breakfast Week
Ask students to translate school breakfast-themed emoji sentences, and to create their own! Use them on signs, and online to engage your audience.

11. #NSBW19 Resource Checklist
Visit to access all the free SNA resources:
16 page toolkit of ideas and tips
Downloadable artwork and logos
Coloring pages and activity sheets
Infographic for parents
Social media tips and graphics
Customizable press release, proclamation, template invite letter, and more!
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National School Breakfast Week

12. March 4-8, 2019
Thank You!
National School Breakfast Week