Kent Education Center--Mayfield
Grand Rapids Public Schools
Kent County
225 Mayfield NE
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503-3768
Enrollment: 60
Public School
Success Story Contact:
Helen Brent
School Nurse/CSHT Co-Chair
Phone: 616-819-4489
Email: BrentH@grps.k12.mi.us
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Success Story Information:
Reach:
Duration: 1 to 3 months
Costs: - Materials/supplies
- $100 or less
Factors for Success: - Coordinated School Health Team
- Administrative support
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SCHOOL LUNCH
SUCCESS STORY
Our students are very pleased with changes made in both our breakfast and lunch menus here at KEC Mayfield Middle School. Our Coordinated School Health Team wanted to increase the amount of fresh vegetables and fruit eaten at both breakfast and lunch. As a result, we have instituted an enhanced salad bar with not only salad greens but darker greens such as spinach and green beans. In addition to carrots and celery, we have also added cucumbers to our salad bar. Our school cook has also gone the extra mile and is arranging our fruits and vegetables attractively. She cuts the veggies into smaller pieces and places our fruits in small containers which makes them easier to handle and more accessible to students as they go through the cafeteria line. Students have more variety and choice at the salad bar which is now served daily. Students are also able to enjoy a greater variety of fruit not only at lunch but at breakfast as well.
As a result of these changes our fruit and vegetable consumption has increased by 70% evidenced by the number of servings left compared to just three months ago. We attribute our success to our CSHT, our Food Service Staff, and our students for their support and willingness to try something new.
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Other Relevant School Information
Our Coordinated School Health Team/Committee has the following active members: School Administration (Principal, Assistant Principal, Superintendent);Nutrition Services (Food Service Director or Manager);Physical Education (PE teacher);Health Education (Health teacher, educator or school health coordinator);Classroom teacher (not PE or Health);Health Services Provider or School Nurse;School Counselor, Psychologist or Social Worker;Community Involvement (Health Department, MSU Extension, Heart Association, Cancer Society, Asthma or Tobacco or Other Health Coalition, Safe and Drug-Free School Coordinator, Law Enforcement Representative);Other, please describe:;Occupational/Phyical Therapy Providers
Our Team/Committee met 4 or more times during the past 12 months.
Assessments* Completed: Healthy School Action Tools (HSAT)*
This School Success Story was submitted on 3/25/2008
*Since 2004, The Healthy School Action Tool Assessment is Michigan’s preferred assessment tool that is a combination of the School Health Index and Changing the Scene.
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