Breakfast

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. FACT.

That's why we are expanding our breakfast service in selected high schools, and plan to expand in certain middle schools as well. We are launching the Grab and Go breakfast to make it easier than ever for our students to get food and fuel for thought.

Need to apply for free lunch? Apply securely at https://schoolmealapp.sfusd.edu

Want to pre-pay for meals? Open an account (or fill up your existing account) at mealpayplus.com

A study completed by the University of Minnesota showed students participating in this program demonstrated greater attention in class and showed greater improvements in test performance compared to schools not participating in the program. Source here.

Breakfast helps children learn. Numerous studies show that breakfast:

• Improves academic performance and attendance
• Reduces behavior problems and tardiness

Breakfast promotes good health. Eating breakfast at school results in:

• Fewer visits to the school nurse
• Improvements in children’s diets
• Helps build healthy eating habits
• Maintaining a healthy weight

Read more here.

Check out this video to learn more: School Breakfast: More Than a Meal from Got Breakfast?

Also, please take a look at these websites to learn more about how breakfast helps kids succeed throughout the day.

Breakfast First - The Breakfast First Campaign is a three year initiative to help California's students reach their full potential and California's schools maximize available federal resources by strengthening school breakfast programs.

Kids Eat Right - Your source for scientifically-based health and nutrition information you can trust to help your child grow healthy. As a parent or caretaker you need reliable resources and you can find them here, backed by the expertise of nutrition professionals.

Food Research and Action Center - The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is the leading national nonprofit organization working to improve public policies and public-private partnerships to eradicate hunger and undernutrition in the United States. FRAC works with hundreds of national, state and local nonprofit organizations, public agencies, corporations and labor organizations to address hunger, food insecurity, and their root cause, poverty.

Breakfast For Learning: Scientific research on the link between children’s nutrition and academic performance - Even more information on the importance of eating breakfast.