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Category: Boulder Valley Schools

  • Popcorn!

    Humor skit from Watson and Neo  LISTEN (1 Minute)    

  • Call-in show – Improving America’s food supply with Robyn Obrien and Chef Ann Cooper

    LISTEN (1 Hour) KGNU News Director Maeve Conran talks with Robyn Obrien and the Renegade Lunch Lady, Chef Ann Cooper.  Robyn OBrien is the author of:  The Unhealthy Truth: One Mother’s Shocking Investigation into the Dangers of America’s Food Supply– and What Every Family Can Do to Protect Itself.  Chef Ann Cooper directs Boulder Valley Schools…

  • 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…

  • “School lunch is fantabulous!”

    Sierra, a middle school student in Centennial’s first cooking class, explains how cooking food from scratch in the Centennial kitchen has given her more appreciation for school cooked hot lunch.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Middle School Students talk about Supersize Me

    Middle School Students in Scott Griffith’s cooking  class at Centennial Middle School talk about how watching Supersize Me has affected their views about fast food.

  • Cooking Class at Centennial Middle School – Day 1

    Centennial Middle School Cooking Class. Teacher Scott Griffith talks with students about the cooking projects up ahead:   Teacher Scott Griffith welcomes middle school students to Centennial Middle School’s first cooking class, and students make a wish list of what they want to create.

  • The Unicycle Story

    One of the most whimsical “vehicles” in the world is the unicycle.  It’s also one of the most challenging ways to get around.  But at the appropriately named grade school, “Uni” Hill, a circus club teaches children to ride the uni-cycle.  Casey Middle School 7th grade Sophia is a graduate of the Uni Hill Circus…