Detroit Edison Public School Academy
DETROIT EDISON PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY
WAYNE County
1903 Wilkins Street
Detroit, Michigan 48207
Enrollment: 1100
Charter School
Success Story Contact:
Maureen Murphy
School Nurse
Phone: 313-833-1100
Email: Maureenanton@aol.com
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Success Story Information:
Reach: - Building level
- District level
Duration: 1 to 1 ½ years
Costs: - Materials/supplies
- Release time/substitute costs
- Greater than $5,000
Factors for Success: - Coordinated School Health Team
- Completing an assessment (such as Healthy School Action Tool Assessment, School Health Index, Changing the Scene)
- Administrative support
- Other team/committee (other than a Coordinated School Health Team)
- Funding
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SCHOOL BREAKFAST
SUCCESS STORY
The program began about three years ago at Detroit Edison Public School Academy because I knew many of our students were coming to school without breakfast. The children would appear at the nurses’ office around 10:00 in the morning, which happened to be one of our most academically challenging times of the day. They had stomachaches and headaches from not having any breakfast. I struggled with ways to get a breakfast program; I knew that even if I offered them breakfast before school it would still not be utilized to its potential. Then I heard about different concepts for increased breakfast consumptions and the Challenge Mike Flanagan sent out to the school districts. Thanks to UDIM and a conference they had, I saw a way to visualize it for our school.
This is no easy feat for a school that has approximately 1000 students! We have a 70% free and reduced lunch program. Our breakfast program was started with the help of the UDIM breakfast promotional grant and the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Building Healthier Communities grant. We provide the students a grab-n-go breakfast in a recycled cloth bag and the children eat their breakfast in the classroom first thing in the morning. Every student has the opportunity to get a breakfast for free if they get to school before 8:00. We are providing items such as; fresh fruit, whole grain products, and flavored milk in plastic containers. Our theory was that we were going to start this right. Some days they even get organic yogurt.
These breakfast times have allowed teachers to role-model healthy food choices and incorporate into lesson plans a nutrient-rich approach to the food pyramid. Each teacher received training in the live-well nutrient-rich food pyramid program. They incorporate a different theme each month, and a newsletter goes home describing the theme for the month.
Our results show less tardiness, less visits to the nurse station for hunger related issues, and teachers report more focused attention in the morning hours. We believe this is one of our biggest success stories ever!
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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;Family Involvement (Parent/Guardian);Student (on the team for middle/high school; input for elementary school)
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 7/9/2009
*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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