Breakfast After the Bell
No Kid Hungry Missouri is changing the way schools, kids, and parents look at school breakfast by promoting Breakfast After the Bell. By making breakfast a normal part of the school day, we can ensure that all kids have consistent, dependable access to a nutritious breakfast. Learn about our three different solutions below.
Breakfast in the Classroom
Breakfast in the classroom moves breakfast from the cafeteria to the classroom and works well for elementary school kids. The goal is simple: make a nutritious breakfast a normal part of the school day and available to everyone.
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- Students eat breakfast in their classroom after the official start of the school day.
- Students or staff may deliver breakfasts to classrooms from the cafeteria via coolers or insulated rolling bags, or school nutrition staff can serve breakfast from mobile carts in the hallways.
- Breakfast in the Classroom takes 15 minutes on average.
Grab & Go Breakfast
Grab & Go Breakfast is all about making it easy for kids to grab breakfast and take it where they are most likely to eat it. Grab & Go works best for older kids who might be more interested in hanging out with their friends in the morning than sitting in the cafeteria. Grab & Go can also work for older elementary kids.
The goal is simple: make a nutritious breakfast a normal part of the school day, available to everyone, and as simple as possible for kids to choose to eat!
- Students pick up conveniently packaged breakfasts from mobile service carts in high-traffic areas, such as hallways, entryways, or cafeterias.
- Students can eat in the classroom or elsewhere on school grounds before and after the bell has rung.
- Grab and go is most effective when carts are stationed in locations convenient to students (e.g. near school entrances) and when students are able to eat the food they pick up from the carts in the classroom.
Second Chance Breakfast
Sometimes students aren’t hungry first thing in the morning! Second Chance Breakfast offers students that change classrooms a second chance to get breakfast between the first and second periods when they’re actually hungry.
- Students eat breakfast during a break in the morning, often after first period or midway between breakfast and lunch.
- Schools can serve breakfast in the same manner as they would with traditional Grab and Go breakfast
- This model can be particularly effective for older students who may not be hungry first thing in the morning or may opt to hang out with friends.
Hybrid Model Breakfast
Some schools offer a combination of two or more breakfast after the bell solutions to fit the unique needs of their students.
