National School Lunch

National School Lunch School Breakfast The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) was The School Breakfast Program (SBP) was conceived in 1946 as a “measure of national security established in 1966. School districts receive federal to safeguard the health and well-being of the reimbursement for each school breakfast served that Nation’s children.” School districts receive federal meets the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s nutrition reimbursement for each school lunch served that guidelines. meets the United States Department of Agriculture Studies show that children who participate in the nutrition guidelines. These guidelines promote meal School Breakfast Program have significantly higher quality while commodity donations help the farmer standardized achievement test scores than non- and help schools keep down meal prices. participants. Children with access to school Federal regulations require that we offer minimum breakfast also had significantly reduced absence and portion sizes of meat, fruit and/or vegetable, tardiness rates. grains/breads and fluid milk during every lunch meal service. The portion sizes are designed to meet the Federal needs of growing children and, as a rule, we increase Reimbursement $40,551 the sizes as the children grow older. We make a Number of Schools concerted effort to offer whole grains and offer fresh Participating 4 fruits and vegetables every day. The menu provides Total Breakfasts a variety and allows us to make the most efficient Served 25,383 The breakfast and lunch menus can be downloaded from our web site at masoncoschools.com use of the donated commodities. We offer 1% White, Average Daily listed under departments. fat free Chocolate and Strawberry, milk, as well as Participation 1269 100% fruit juice. Breakfast Prices Adult $2.00 The food and beverage items that are sold as extras Straub (CEO School) FREE on the cafeteria lines or through vending machines or The Breakfast and Lunch Meal Pattern is located on MCIS (CEO School) FREE the other side of this brochure. school stores, all meet the minimum nutritional MCMS (CEO School) FREE standards required by the Kentucky Board of MCHS (CEO School) FREE The table below provides a synopsis of the lunch Education. These standards are designed to limit program, including participation and financial data access to items with little or no nutrient density for the month of October. Federal A USDA study showed students who eat school Reimbursement $101,883 meals are more likely to consume milk, meats, grain # of Schools mixtures and vegetables compared to students who Participating 4 did not, including students who brought meals from Total Lunches Served 42,639 home. Also, students who eat school meals have higher intakes of some vitamins and minerals, Average Daily including calcium and Vitamin A -- nutrients that Participation 2131 tend to be “problem nutrients” for kids. Approved for Free Cost-wise, schools work very hard to make sure that Meals 1552 school meals are a good value. Take a look at the number of items typically offered to students at Lunch Prices Adult $3.00 lunch -- an entrée, two servings of fruits and Straub (CEO School) FREE vegetables, a bread or grain item and 8 ounces of MCIS (CEO School) FREE milk. It takes a real balancing act to beat that value MCMS (CEO School) FREE with a bag lunch. MCHS (CEO School) FREE “Protecting children’s health and cognitive --National Dairy Council development may be the best way to build a strong Six Cents Certified $2,558 America.” Students with special dietary needs must have a Meal Pattern -- Dr. J. Larry Brown, Tufts University School of doctor’s statement on file with their School Nutrition Nutrition Manager.

Meal Patterns MCIS *30 Minutes TDA BREAKFAST- (Teacher Directed Activity) Student must take at least 3 food item *50 Minutes per week Meat/M Grade Straub *20 Minutes TDA Whole eat Calori Sodium Rang Fruit/Veg (Teacher Directed Activity) Grain Alterna es Reduction Students e te *50 Minutes per week 1 oz The information presented above is how much daily K-5 .5 cup 350- physical activity students receive daily. 7 oz ≤ 540 500 wkly Family Resource Centers have been instrumental in 1 oz coordinating playground improvement district wide. As a daily 6-8 .5 cup 400- result, our playgrounds are modern, safe and available to 8 oz ≤ 600 550 the public at large on a year-round basis. wkly 1 oz Intense physical activity programs have positive effects on daily 9-12 .5 cup 450- Physical Activity & Achievement academic achievement, including increased concentration; 9 oz ≤ 640 600 improved mathematics, reading, and writing test scores; and wkly Schools play a crucial role in influencing physical activity behaviors. Sound curriculum, reduced disruptive behavior. LINCH - -- Curricular Physical Activity and Academic Students must take 3 of the 5 food policies, and facilities create an environment Performance, Pediatric Exercise Science components. At least one must be a fruit or encouraging students and staff to engage in a vegetable. variety of physical activity opportunities. Grad Meat/M Evidence supports a correlation between SAT Sodium e Whole eat Calori Fruit/Veg Reducti scores and the physical well-being of students. Rang Grain Alterna es on “Promoting healthy and safe behaviors e te among students is an important part of the 1 oz daily 8-10 oz .5 Cup/ 550- fundamental mission of schools.” K-5 ≤ 1230 8-9 oz wkly .5 cup 650 School Health Index-Centers for Disease wkly Control (CDC) 1 oz daily 9-10 oz .5cup/ 600- 6-8 8-10 ≤ 1360 School Daily wkly .5 cup/ 700 oz MCHS *Those in P.E. wkly 2 oz Students 45 Minutes daily 10-12 1 cup/ 750- *Those in Conditioning 9-12 10-12 oz ≤ 1420 Nutrition & Physical 1 cup 850 oz wkly 45 Minutes wkly *Those in Weight Lifting Activity Report Card 2015 45 Minutes *Those in ROTC The Mason County School District is 45 Minutes every Friday dedicated to serving nutritious meals and providing multiple physical activity MCMS *10 Minutes opportunities as a means of helping our Students *Those in P.E. students reach proficiency. 45 Minutes