Shelley Schlender

Hot Lunch vs Sack Lunch

Three years ago, Boulder Valley Schools hired the world renowned “Renegade Lunch Lady” Chef Ann Cooper, to make school lunches among the healthiest in the nation.  They even surpass the new USDA guidelines.  They’re free of additives and made from scratch by acclaimed local chefs who want kids to really like  healthy food.  More students…

Healthy Food For Thanksgiving

Can kids like healthy foods for Thanksgiving? Click these links to hear a 2-minute answer with a special song, from Ashley 5th graders Melody, Ronald, Ruth, Edgar, Anna, Omar, Thomas:.  Here are their healthy ideas.  Ashley student reporters learned their friends’ favorite vegetable  . . . and what they DON’T like . . . The 5th grades say that…

Middle School Cooking Class – Breakfast Contest

In 2011, Centennial Middle School teacher Scott Griffith launched a cooking class, where students learned to cook in the regular cafeteria kitchen and shared the results of what they made.  Halfway through the class, the students competed in a breakfast menu cooking contest.  You can see the results above (note:  you need youtube enabled on…