National School Lunch Week

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) serves nearly 30 million children every school day. President John F. Kennedy created National School Lunch Week (NSLW) in 1962 to promote the importance of a healthy school lunch in a child’s life and the impact it has inside and outside of the classroom. During this annual weeklong celebration, SNA members and students around the country celebrated in their cafeterias, schools and districts with special menus, events, student activities and more. The 2021 NSLW theme WILD About School Lunch invited creative and fun new menu items while appealing to the universal popularity of animals and nature to appeal to students in all grade levels.

Haven't had a chance to celebrate yet?

NSLW 2021 was scheduled for October 11-15 by an act of Congress, but if your district is observing a holiday or teacher workday during that week you can anytime!

Congratulations to Kelly Renard of Dover Area School District for being selected as the winner of our National School Lunch Week Celebration raffle!

New Hope-Solebury School District

Pittsburgh Public Schools' Food Service Department tied together the ideas of National School Lunch Week and Smoothie Tastings. During the September Chapter 23 meeting the American Dairy Association Rep. Robin Duff demonstrated smoothies and shared samples. Staff were encouraged to share tastings with the students during the National School Lunch Week as a fun discussion and engagement with students. The staff was "Wild" to put their talents on display with chocolate banana smoothies, exciting tiger cub cuties, and a safari to explore.

Elementary School Students in the Tulpehocken Area School District participated in a "Wild About School Lunch" Coloring Contest!

State College ASD elementary staff went Wild for School Lunch with a cafeteria decorations contest. Students went wild when they found their lunch lines turned into jungles and African savannas!

Celebrations took place in all the Hatboro-Horsham School District cafeterias on Friday, October 15th. Students that participated in lunch received prizes, free snacks and more! The school community helped decorate the cafeteria based on this years theme “Wild about School Lunch” . The Superintendent and District Administrators came out and helped serve meals and spend time with the students during their lunch period.

At Dover, the Wellness Committee combined with NSLW to be Wild about Wellness and School Lunch. The Dover school nutrition team did not disappoint! We decorated, dressed up and tried new menu items, despite the food shortages and everyone had a Wild time! Throughout the week we featured morning announcements offing the students "Nutrition Nuggets" and "Wellness Wisdom" . High School and Middle School students were invited to participate in an art and writing contest as well, by showing or telling us about their favorite wild animals, physical activity and school meal and what may happen when all of those things collide one day in the cafeteria with all their friends! Winners receive a $25.00 or $50.00 gift card to our District School Store, The Red Zone!