Junk Food at Swansea Elementary
Listen (3 Minutes) Swansea students decided to look at the issue of junk food. For this story, they interviewed their teachers and worked on the script together.
Gratitude at Thanksgiving – From Swansea
LISTEN (3 Minutes) Here is a holiday story from Swansea Elementary students nd it’s about having gratitude. In addition, there is a focus on the pilgrim corn and bean salad and manners, which are part of the holiday time period nutrition classes.
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 … Read more
“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 … 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
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.
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