{"id":12220,"date":"2023-03-07T21:48:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T21:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/kentucky\/?p=12220"},"modified":"2023-05-03T20:40:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T20:40:18","slug":"celebrate-national-school-breakfast-week-with-no-kid-hungry-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/kentucky\/2023\/03\/07\/celebrate-national-school-breakfast-week-with-no-kid-hungry-kentucky\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate National School Breakfast Week with No Kid Hungry Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12221 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/kentucky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/03\/National-School-Breakfast-Week-2023_FB_NSBW-04-4-1024x538.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/kentucky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/03\/National-School-Breakfast-Week-2023_FB_NSBW-04-4-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/kentucky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/03\/National-School-Breakfast-Week-2023_FB_NSBW-04-4-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/kentucky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/03\/National-School-Breakfast-Week-2023_FB_NSBW-04-4-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/kentucky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/03\/National-School-Breakfast-Week-2023_FB_NSBW-04-4-1536x806.png 1536w, https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/kentucky\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/03\/National-School-Breakfast-Week-2023_FB_NSBW-04-4-2048x1075.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Celebrate National School Breakfast Week with No Kid Hungry Kentucky<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Happy National School Breakfast Week! Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and critical in ensuring kids have the nutrition they need to learn and grow. This year, we\u2019re celebrating #NSBW23 by highlighting how school breakfast changes lives, and the school nutrition professionals at the heart of it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By feeding kids a healthy school breakfast, schools are providing the foundation for kids to succeed. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">School breakfast is intertwined with student success. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolnutrition.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Breakfast-Benefits-final.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Studies show<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">that kids who eat school breakfast are more likely to excel academically, be more alert, and have better concentration, memory and attendance and fewer behavior problems. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">School breakfast is a win for families too and can help lighten the load during busy weekday mornings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The benefits of school breakfast are compounding and have the ability to affect children now and their futures. Check out these fast facts about school breakfast below, and for additional information and the research behind these facts, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bestpractices.nokidhungry.org\/research\/school-breakfast\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">click here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>School Breakfast Facts<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students with regular access to nutritious food tend to have significantly lower levels of behavioral, emotional and educational problems.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students who eat breakfast have significantly higher test scores in spelling, reading, and math.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Providing students with breakfast in the classroom helps to reduce chronic absenteeism by 6%.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students who attend class more regularly are 20% more likely to graduate from high school.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">High school graduates on average earn $10,000 more annually and have a higher employment rate.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kentucky School Breakfast Champions<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here in Kentucky, even as they face an immense set of challenges, including supply chain disruptions and labor shortages, school nutrition staff have adapted to ensure kids get a healthy meal to start the day; that\u2019s why we\u2019re also celebrating National School Breakfast Week by recognizing School Breakfast Champions across Kentucky districts and lifting up the work they do to expand access to school breakfast.\u00a0 This year, we are celebrating 11 School Breakfast Champions across 7 school districts. Thank you to all our champions, and to every individual serving school breakfast and working to make sure that Kentucky students are fed and healthy. You can learn more about our School Breakfast Champions and their stories on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyschoolbreakfastchallenge.com\/class-of-2023\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kentucky School Breakfast Champions website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rachael Paul, Hardin County Schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Misty Chapman, Jessamine County Schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gaye Johnson, McClean County Schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Christina Marvin, Calloway County Schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jackie Gibbons, Hardin County Schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tomia Denton, Fayette County Schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ashley Smith, Hardin County Schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Debra Teater, Jessamine County Schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jeannette Weekman, Bullitt County Schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kenny P the Nutrition Panda, Warren County Schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cindy Rosel, Hardin County Schools <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate National School Breakfast Week with No Kid Hungry Kentucky Happy National School Breakfast Week! 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