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 … Read more

Chef Ann Cooper talks with middle school students about what they want for hot lunch

  Editor’s note:  In 2011, Casey Middle School student journalists agreed to take a closer look at school lunch and what would increase the number of students who eat the hot lunches.  As part of that exploration, Sean and Jean met with Chef Ann Cooper, and they had this conversation: Use  Quicktime Player to watch … Read more

Superfoods – Apples at Ashley

Superfoods are natural foods high in vitamins, minerals, fiber and other healthy nutrition.  In this video, Ashley 5th graders encourage classmates to enjoy apples in the school lunchroom on a Superfoods Day that features Miss Anne Wilson, the Superfoods Lady, dressed up in her apple costume.  Ashley broadcast the audio portion of this presentation during … Read more

Walk to School Day

Students at Ashley Elementary encourage friends and family to join in for national Walk to School Day.  The audio version of these announcements broadcast throughout the school on the morning announcements, and here they are as videos for Eat Your Radio.  This was also part of “Bike to School” Day. Ashley 5th grade students featured: … Read more

Students rehearse questions for school lunch survey

Middle school student Sam practices being a lunch eater who teacher Mr. D is interviewing, while other students film from different angles.  This is in preparation for actually interviewing real students about school lunch, and also learning how to make a video with a lot of interesting angles mixed in.  Sam says that he actually … Read more

Super Salad Contest – Entry form at Ashley

  Editor’s Note:  This video shows students sampling the popular, student-invented salads that were featured at Ashley’s International Day.  On this day, a big green mailbox was next to the salad bar, along with “voting” forms, and students voted on their favorite salad of the six finalists there at the salad bar.  The top fruit … Read more