BIC HIGHLIGHTS

School Success Toolkit and other breakfast resources available through General Mills Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition to help you sell the benefits and to gain support from key stakeholders to grow your school breakfast program
http://www.bellinstitute.com/K-12.aspx

Press Release: Stakeholder Engagement Essential for Successful Breakfast in the Classroom Implementation
http://docs.schoolnutrition.org/SNF/BIC/Stakeholder Engagement PR.pdf

Arkansas
Breakfast in the Classroom Program Coming to LRSD
http://arkansasmatters.com/search-fulltext?nxd_id=404096

California
Letter of Support for Breakfast in the Classroom
http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/el/le/yr10jtltr0701.asp

Compton Unified School District (CA) Brings Breakfast Into the Classroom
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/27/california-schools-bring-_n_1035285.html?page=1

Feed More Kids for School Breakfast Success
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/he/documents/feedmorebrkfst.pdf#search=Breakfast%20in%20the%20Classroom&view=FitH&pagemode=none

Florida
Orange County Public Schools Breakfast in the Classroom Video

Indiana
http://frac.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/bic_instruction_time_in.pdf

Iowa
Des Moines Public Schools start Breakfast in the Classroom.
http://www.dmschools.org/news_release/dmps-selected-for-breakfast-in-the-classroom-initiative/

Kansas
Kansas City kicks off Breakfast in the Classroom.
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/23/3774447/breakfast-not-just-at-school-but.html

Maryland
Success with Breakfast in the Classroom
http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/programs/schoolnutrition/meals_achieve.htm

Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and Project Bread invited high school students to submit a 30-second video promoting school breakfast.
http://www2.schooltube.com/Contests/SchoolBreakfastContest.aspx

Michigan
School Breakfast Program Considerations and Innovative Ideas
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/School_Breakfast_Program_Considerations_and_Innovations_252721_7.pdf

Michigan’s state department provides direction on counting instructional time for BIC.
http://frac.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/bic_instruction_time_mi.pdf

Missouri
Offers power point on expanding school breakfast
http://www.dese.mo.gov/divadm/food/summer_workshop_index_new.html

Montana
Has written a school breakfast manual entitled “Get Going with School Breakfast which provides an overview as well as “how to” information on BIC
http://www.opi.mt.gov/pdf/SchoolFood/Forms/Breakfast/Pg1-2Cover_Letter.pdf

Nebraska
Hunger Free Heartland, the Midwest Dairy Association, and other groups have come together to increase the number of Nebraska children receiving breakfast at school by 35 percent to 50 percent over the next two years. This message is primarily directed to parents.
http://hungerfreeheartland.org/11/why-breakfast

Hunger Free Heartland has a handout on “Why School Breakfast”
http://hungerfreeheartland.org/Content/Media/File/conagr101785-hfh-media-nutrition.pdf

New Jersey
The New Jersey Anti-hunger Coalition article on how to get breakfast programs implemented.
http://www.acnj.org/main.asp?uri=1003&di=1447

New Mexico
NMAppleseed Crafts reports for legislators, toolkit for principals and school administrators
www.nmappleseed.org/

New York
“Breakfast After the Bell” power point
http://www.nutritionconsortium.org/childnutrition/documents/BreakfastAftertheBellSlideshow_000.pdf

NBC New York news story on the success of BIC in New York City
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/Breakfast_in_the_Classroom_New_York.html

Ohio
Although this material dates back to 2002, it is still good. There are many helpful materials for BIC
http://education.ohio.gov/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?Page=3&TopicRelationID=828&Content=87785

Fact sheet on the percentage of children who skip breakfast every day.
http://breakfastinthebag.com/Facts.html

Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Schools were featured on the morning show on KOKH News
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLtf4gBOoJs

Tulsa, Oklahoma superintendent announces BIC in his Superintendent’s Bulletin.
http://www.tulsaschools.org/pi/super/bulletin_100125.pdf

Tulsa World News announces Rogers High School offering Breakfast in the Classroom
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=19&articleid=20101008_19_A1_CUTLIN865102

Oregon
Provides an overview of BIC, includes a menu
http://www.ode.state.or.us/services/nutrition/nslp/sbp/bic_overview.aspx

Rhode Island
Rhode Island schools are provided meal service by Aramark
This contains brief articles on schools which implemented BIC
http://www.rinutrition4kids.com/

Tennessee
Clarksville-Montgomery County implements a Grab n’ Go breakfast program.
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120826/NEWS01/308260023/Schools-try-Grab-and-Go-free-breakfast?odyssey=tab%7Cmostpopular%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE&nclick_check=1

Wisconsin
Includes school breakfast start-up basics
http://dpi.wi.gov/fns/market3.html

How BIC works
http://fyi.uwex.edu/wischoolbreakfast/program-models/breakfast-in-the-classroom/