The Mountaineer No such thing as a free lunch? Think again. Three Haywood County elementary schools are now serving free lunch — and breakfast to boot — to every student in the school, even those who typically wouldn’t qualify for subsidized meals. “I love being able to tell a parent ‘Send your kids to school […]
WUNC – North Carolina Public Radio By LISA PHILIP • JUN 11, 2018 More North Carolina teachers have responded to a working conditions survey than ever before. The results reveal 40 percent of participants don’t believe class sizes are conducive to meeting the needs of all students. …The survey showed nearly half of North Carolina […]
A team representing the state of North Carolina has been selected to attend the School Breakfast Leadership Institute in Chicago this June. School Breakfast Program Manager Helen Roberts will represent No Kid Hungry NC on the Institute team, which also includes: Ilina Ewen, Chief of Staff to the First Lady of North Carolina Kristen Guillory, […]
WECT 6 BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Brunswick County Schools is celebrating National Breakfast Week to promote their program that gives every student the opportunity to eat free breakfast. Robert Parker, School Nutrition Director for BCS, said the district spends about $100,00 a year on the program, but that there is still room to help more […]
The Pirate’s Hook By Zoe Jones According to senior Sena Zadeh, Governor Roy Cooper rocks. Zadeh met Cooper on Friday, September 8 when he visited Riverside to promoting to expand No Kid Hungry (NKH), an organization working to provide kids in need with healthy food and give their parents resources to make nutritious meals for […]
PBS Teachers Lounge AUGUST 28, 2017 As an elementary school teacher for almost 18 years, I know firsthand the impact that eating breakfast has on my students—hungry kids simply do not perform as well academically. Unfortunately, kicking off the day on an empty stomach is more common than you may think, with 42.2 million Americans […]
Action For Healthy Kids Buncombe County Schools, North Carolina During the 2015- 2016 school year, Donna Farmer was the cafeteria manager at Avery’s Creek Elementary School in Buncombe County, North Carolina where she implemented breakfast in the classroom, and had such success that they were one of three winners in the North Carolina No Kid […]
WLOS by Lauren Brigman – Monday, March 20th 2017 Buncombe County, N.C. (WLOS) — Governor Roy Cooper’s wife Kristin, and one of their daughters, Hilary, spent part of their morning at A.C. Reynolds high school. They made the visit to observe the “Second Chance Breakfast” program. Schools across the nation are taking part in this program, […]
August 26, 2016 Brown Center Chalkboard By Michele Leardo School lunch is one of the most stable features of a child’s school day—and principals have more influence over this longstanding tradition than you might think. Each school day, students file into the cafeteria for lunch. Yet, the quality of this experience, along with the benefits it […]