Creekside Intermediate School
DEXTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
WASHTENAW County
2615 Baker Road
Dexter, Michigan 48130-1534
Enrollment: 574
Public School
Success Story Contact:
Sara Simmerman
Food Service Director
Phone: 734-424-4186
Email: ssimmer@dexter.k12.mi.us
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Success Story Information:
Reach:
Duration: 1 to 3 months
Costs: - Materials/supplies
- Food
- $101 - $500
Factors for Success: - Coordinated School Health Team
- Administrative support
- Funding
- Team Nutrition Mini Grant
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SCHOOL BREAKFAST
SUCCESS STORY
Dexter School's Food & Nutrition teamed with Lifetime Fitness teachers at Creekside Elementary to promote the importance of breakfast.
Blueberry Breakfast Smoothies were prepared for students, staff, and parents. What a big hit! Everyone raved, and recipes were handed out to all. Curriculum and breakfast promotions were enhanced by the "Catch a Rainbow" posters displayed, and coordinated bookmarks were handed out to all enrolled students! Lifetime Fitness teachers did a bulletin board display featuring "Breakfast Importance & Nutritional Facts." Breakfast worksheets with "Fun Facts" were handed out to students in the classrooms as well. Even the local newspaper reported in an article "The Importance of Breakfast."
Lifetime Fitness teachers polled the students who ate breakfast before the lessons were started and afterwards. Much more hands went up after the curriculum was completed than before. And in the cafeteria, these breakfast results were confirmed, in one month participation in the breakfast program at Creekside increased from 29 to 80!
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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);Family Involvement (Parent/Guardian);Other, please describe:;The Dexter School Board and the Dexter Leader (community newspaper).
Our Team/Committee met 4 or more times during the past 12 months.
Assessments* Completed: Healthy School Action Tools (HSAT)*;Other, please describe:;Team Nutrition HealthierUS School Challenge Mini Grant Projecy
This School Success Story was submitted on 10/1/2008
*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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