Let’s Rethink School Meals!
We’re celebrating all the good things happening in school lunchrooms today. Join us in continuing the movement that’s changing how we think about school meals!
We provide the tools so you can build community awareness.
Reach out to families and your local community using the provided resources and share the good work going on today in school meals.
School
Community
Toolkit
On average, over 29.9 million children are served a school lunch each day
– Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), 2024 Report
The Reach of School Breakfast and Lunch
With our Rethink Newsletter templates, Nutrition Education for Families flyers, and sharable Infographics you tell your students, parents and community at large how your school is helping promote good child nutrition.
School
Meal
Heroes
Meet the some of the great child nutrition professionals from around the country and find out how to share the story behind your School Meal Heroes.
Students who eat school breakfast have been shown to achieve 17.5% higher scores on standardized math tests and attend 1.5 more days of school per year
– School Nutrition Association, 2024 National School Breakfast Week
Watch
& Learn
Schools are now the single healthiest place Americans are eating
– School Nutrition Association, 2023 Position Paper
We’ve been busy behind the scenes creating videos to help teach and shed light on tasteful creative menu options and how they can make a delicious, nutritious difference at your school.
Why
Rethink
School Meals
Rethink School Meals is a program that highlights the nutritious and flavorful food options available in school cafeterias across the country and applauds and supports school foodservice professionals for their efforts.
One in eight children in America live in households without consistent access to adequate food
– School Nutrition Association, 2024 School Nutrition Trends Report