Starting the day with a healthy breakfast has the power to unlock a brighter future for our students, because breakfast fuels academic success. Students who eat a healthy breakfast at school do better in math, have higher attendance rates, and are more likely to graduate than students who do not eat breakfast.
Wicomico County Public Schools are joining the charge to make sure all kids have the chance to start their day with a healthy breakfast by becoming part of the Maryland School Breakfast Challenge, which kicks off statewide Sept. 19 and continues through the end of October. The goal: to boost participation during the 2014-2015 school year in the school breakfast program. In Wicomico, the goals include increasing breakfast participation for all students, but particularly for the 60% of Wicomico students who qualify for free and reduced meals and eat lunch but may not be eating breakfast at school, or at all.
Wicomico County Public Schools and the students and staff of Westside Intermediate welcomed parents and many community supporters Friday, Sept. 19 for the School Breakfast Challenge kickoff, at the end of which each guest was invited to join a student to “Grab & Go” for breakfast in the classroom. The hallways outside the cafeteria were decorated with students' illustrations of starting the day with a healthy breakfast.
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