School Menus Made Easy
School Menus Made Easy is a collection of up-to-date nutrition-related tips, bits, and blurbs developed for school foodservice directors, teachers, school health coordinators, administrators, county extension staff members and anyone else who is interested in helping to educate and spread the word to families that nutrition and physical activity are important!
Click on one of the sections below and cut and paste the monthly nutrition blurbs on to…
- School menus
- School or classroom newsletter
- Community newspaper (submit with school menu)
- School district newsletter
- School Health Clinic newsletter
- School or community calendar
- Family take-home sheets
- Bulletin boards
- School Web site
…or anywhere else you can reach students and families with positive nutrition messages and information.
Sections Include:
- Families Get Fit, Have Fun! Suggestions for family-focused physical activity
- What Food Am I? A guessing game for elementary students
- Reading and Eating Healthy Suggestions (including book titles) for linking literacy with nutrition education
- After School Fuel Fast, fun, and healthy, after school snack ideas
Questions about this project? Contact Kathy Raphael,
MSU Extension Associate Program Leader at raphaelk@msu.edu
or (517) 432.5235.
