Wellness Report CardNutrition & Physical ActivityJanuary 2013

Wellness Report CardNutrition & Physical ActivityJanuary 2013 

Bowling Green City Schools1211 Center Street

Bowling Green, KY 42101

The Bowling Green City Schools are dedicated to serving nutritious meals

and providing multiple physical activity opportunities to support life-long health

and wellness.

Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act

Balancing Calories:

Make 1/2 of your plate fruits and vegetables

Make at least half of your grains whole grain

Switch to fat-free or low-fat (1%) milk

Foods to Reduce:

Reduce Sodium in foods

Drink water instead of sugary drinks

The Child Nutrition Program will begin utilizing the USDA MyPlate to help educate children about healthy eating habits by teaching them what goes on their plate at every meal.

BGISD school lunches meet additional standards requiring

Age-appropriate calorie limits

Larger servings of vegetables and fruits

A wider variety of vegetables (including dark green and red/orange vegetables)

Fat-free & 1% milk

More whole grains

Less sodium

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act contains many provisions that help improve child nutrition programs and make meals and offerings more nutritious. Bowling Green City Schools Child Nutrition Program is serving school meals that meet these challenging new federal nutrition standards, ensuring that meals are healthy and well balanced, providing students with all of the nutrition that they need to succeed in school. School meals offer students milk, fruits and vegetables, proteins/meats, and bread/grains and meet strict limits for saturated fat and portion size.

Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act Meal Pattern

Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program

The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) offers free fresh fruits and vegetables to students during the school day, outside of lunch and breakfast periods. FFVP targets elementary schools with the highest percentages of children certified for free and reduced price benefits. The goal of the FFVP is to improve children’s overall diets and create healthier eating habits to impact their present and future health.

It will help schools create healthier school environments by providing healthier food choices, expanding the variety of fruits and vegetables children experience, and increasing children’s fruit and vegetable consumption.

2 Participating Schools

Dishman McGinnis Elementary

Parker Bennett Curry Elementary

For more information: www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/ffvp/

Farm to School

Farm to School is a program that connects schools (K-12) and local farms with the objectives of serving healthy meals in school cafeterias, improving student nutrition, providing agriculture, health and nutrition education opportunities, and supporting local and regional farmers.

Bowling Green City Schools purchased over $47,000 in locally grown produce.

Need More Acres Farm—Watermelon

KY Hydro Farm—Lettuce & Tomatoes

National School Lunch Program

Federal Reimbursement $994,502

# Schools Participating 9

Total Lunches Served 564,945

Average Daily Participation 3210

Cost of Food Used $1,194,223

# Students Approved for Free Meals 1990

# Students Approved for Reduced Price Meals 214

# Students Approved for Paid Meals 1797

Lunch Prices

Paid Student: $2.25

Reduced Price Student: $0.40

Adult Staff: $2.75

Adult Visitor: $3.00

National School Breakfast Program

Federal Reimbursement $326,745

# Schools Participating 8

Total Breakfasts Served $243,837

Average Daily Participation 1385

Breakfast Prices

 

Paid Student: $1.10

Reduced Price Student: $0.30

Adult : $1.60

 

After School Snack Program

Federal Reimbursement $8,520

Total Snacks Served 11,231

Average Daily Participation 48

These figures only include after school snacks that

were claimed for federal reimbursement.

 

 

Summer Feeding Program

Federal Reimbursement $84,764

Number of Sites Served 9

Average Daily Lunch Participation 541

Number of Operating Days 39

PBC Kindergarten Backyard Boot Camp

Purple Striders 5K Race

BG Junior High Health Fair Staff Biggest Loser Contest Intramural Program

BG High JROTC’s Army National Guard Visit

BG High Pool Safety & Swim Classes for Elementary Students

Potter Gray’s trip to Trammel Creek

Potter Gray KY Derby Relay Races

Dishman McGinnis Eagle Flight Race & Activities. 123 Adults & 53 Students Participated on Race Day in 2012. This year’s race day is scheduled for March 9th

TC Cherry Students learn Strategies to deal with stress & their staff relieves stress with Zumba Classes

Gold Medalist Claire Donahue visits with WR McNeill Students

TC Cherry, McNeill & Potter Gray Jump Rope for Heart