NUTRITION AND PROMOTION GOALS:
- Foods sold during the school day before breakfast (45 minutes) and the end of the school day (30 minutes) must meet the minimal nutritional requirement.
- Lunch bags for field trips with nutrition facts.
- TNCEP and other Non-Profit Organization may provide materials for classroom use.
- Offer cultural foods occasionally.
- Use nutritional labels in the classroom as a teaching tool.
- Use stands/props on the serving line to show choice selection.
- Nonfood rewards and incentives should be used to encourage student achievement.
- Teachers and staff should be encouraged to model healthy eating and behaviors.
- Ensure that drinking fountains are operable, clean, and convenient for students to access throughout the school day.
- Allow students to purchase at a la carte prices additional servings of any food item that is a part of a reimbursable school meal.
- Provide low-fat and non-fat salad dressings.
- Offer a minimum of three choices of fruit and vegetables daily.
- Offer whole-grain foods in all programs at all grade levels whenever possible to meet bread and cereal requirements.
- Encourage preschool, kindergarten, and elementary students to try a variety of foods by serving the full reimbursable meal.