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November 2014

ACNJ Publishes Underachiever List

Districts with high child poverty can benefit most from serving breakfast in the classroom during the first few minutes of the school day. This approach significantly boosts student participation, removing a major barrier to learning and making classroom time more productive for every child in the class. Advocates for Children of New Jersey recently released its 4th Annual NJ School Breakfast Report, including a list of high-poverty districts with low breakfast participation.

Check out the underachievers list.

Eagles Wide Receiver Visits Quinton Township

Eagles wide receiver Brad Smith visited the Quinton Township School, leading children in a fun-filled pep rally on Oct. 20. The district won the visit and a $5,000 breakfast grant for increasing its student participation in breakfast. Both prizes were sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association, a partner in the NJ Food For Thought School Breakfast Campaign.

View event photos.

Want to Get your High-Schoolers Eating Breakfast?

Check out this free webinar, Increasing Teen School Breakfast Participation Through Principal Engagement,  on Dec. 11 at 3 p.m. Recognizing the need to make breakfast more accessible, secondary school principals across the country are alleviating barriers to breakfast participation by implementing alternative breakfast models like Grab and Go and Second Chance Breakfast. These schools have experienced dramatic increases in breakfast consumption and have reported declines in disciplinary problems, tardiness and visits to school nurses and increases in student attentiveness, attendance and academic performance.  Join this free webinar to hear from secondary school principals who are seeing these positive results first hand.

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New video highlights NJ’s successful breakfast programs

View the latest NJ school breakfast video.

The Food for Thought School Breakfast Campaign is a partnership of state agencies, child advocates, anti-hunger coalitions, statewide education organizations and national organizations.

View a list of campaign partners.


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(Between Bleeker St. and Central Ave.)
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