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Nebraska School Breakfast Challenge 2025

 

School Breakfast fuels healthy kids! Children who eat breakfast have better focus, better attendance, higher scores, and are healthier overall.

The Nebraska School Breakfast Challenge is designed to challenge districts to try practices that increase participation, break down barriers, and add support to their nutrition programs. With this challenge, let’s celebrate breakfast and help students get a great start to their day!!

Join now to have some fun, challenge yourselves, and maybe earn $$ for your nutrition program!

The challenge launched March 3, 2025 and these 17 schools signed up to compete!

  • Centennial Public School
  • Chadron PS, Intermediate & High School
  • Clarkson Public School
  • Dundy County Stratton PS, Benkelman Elementary School
  • Johnson-Brock Public School
  • Kimball Public Schools, Mary Lynch Elementary
  • Laurel-Concord-Coleridge School, Laurel Campus
  • Mead Public Schools
  • Minden PS, CL Jones Middle School
  • Ogallala PS, Prairie View Elementary
  • Omaha PS, Columbian Elementary
  • Omaha PS, South High
  • Papillion La Vista Community Schools, Golden Hills Elementary
  • Wilber-Clatonia PS, Wilber
  • Wilber-Clatonia, Wilber Clatonia
  • Wood River Rural School, Wood River Elementary
  • Wood River Rural School, Wood River High School

Let’s cheer them on with the hashtag #NESchoolBreakfast on social media!

The schools are competing March 3-7 (National School Breakfast Week) to earn points by completing activities on the 2025 Nebraska School Breakfast Challenge Scorecard (with help from the Toolkit).

 

 

Check out the School Breakfast Challenge Toolkit to learn more!

View the Toolkit

Check out the Scorecard to see how to earn points!

View the Scoreboard

 

 

Get Started

Prep period: February 1-28, 2025

Competition: March 3-7, 2025 (National School Breakfast Week)

Challenge Rules: Any Nebraska school participating in the USDA School Breakfast Program is eligible to participate in the challenge and win prizes. Winners will be determined based on points earned for breakfast activities detailed on the Breakfast Challenge Scorecard. Completed Scorecards must be submitted by Friday, March 7, 2025.

Prizes and Recognition

Participating schools will be divided into three groups based on school enrollment size: 1-300, 301-600, and 600+. All groups will have 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners that get cash prizes! Awarded funds must be used for School Nutrition Programs or nutrition education purposes; restrictions apply. Guidance on allowable and unallowable costs will be provided to Breakfast Challenge winners.

🥇 1st Place: $400

🥈 2nd Place: $250

🥉 3rd Place: $150

Contact

To learn more about the Nebraska Breakfast Challenge 2025, please contact the Nebraska SNAC facilitator, Eric at esavaiano@neappleseed.org.

Ready to Use Resources

 

GoBigBreakfast Nebraska School Breakfast Playbook

Everything you need to know to implement an alternative school breakfast model in your school or district. Get answers to common questions, tips and timelines, and great examples from right here in Nebraska.

Making Breakfast a Part of the School Day (alternative models)

Easily review and compare common alternative breakfast model options like Grab and Go, Second Chance Breakfast, and Breakfast in the Classroom. Find details of how they look in practice as well as keys to successful implementation.

Address Concerns with Alternative Models with Myth Busting

Shed light on the most common myths that persist about Breakfast After the Bell, including that it takes away from instructional time and that it causes messes in the classroom.

Offering Free Breakfast to All Students (free options)

Easily review and compare universal free meal options like the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), Provision 2, and non-pricing. See eligibility, as well as positives (many) and challenges.

 

Nebraska SNAC is here to ensure every child in Nebraska gets the food they need to learn and grow. Visit our website to find more resources including district-specific participation and equity profiles.

 

Also visit our breakfast-specific site GoBigBreakfast.org to find ways to help students start their day with a win with school breakfast!