Congratulations to Our 2006 3-A-Day of Dairy Nutrition Education Grant Winners
Elizabeth Forward Middle School
Elizabeth Forward Middle School has developed a combination of many smaller project elements completed throughout the school year. Various projects stressing nutrition education have been accomplished in health and family/consumer science classes as well as in physical education classes
Students have described nutritional reasons for having three servings of dairy a day and have tasted a variety of dairy products including yogurts, cheeses, ice creams and milks. They also created posters in family/consumer science classes describing how and why calcium is important for the body.
Additional activities to date include:
- The kick-off celebration in the fall had students distributing pamphlets about “New Look of School Milk” in the cafeteria and taking a simple survey about how much milk students drink and their favorite flavors. Lowfat chocolate milk won, with strawberry as a close second.
- A presentation was made to the football, bowling and basketball teams about the importance of “Thinking your Drink.” The student athletes were encouraged to choose milk as an after-practice drink instead of other beverage products.
- Posters of students in “got milk?” mustaches were created and placed in the cafeteria and gym area.