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were already offering fresh fruit, and two or three varieties of fruit every day.” Nutrition Education Whether for lunch or dinner, ARAMARK tries to tie meal planning back to nutrition education, Scuerman says. “It’s important for us to be able to connect the food with the nutrition aspect,” she says. “Children are going to learn healthy lifestyles by what they see and what they learn through food.” And ARAMARK has introduced a Healthy for Life online portal—with information on everything from nutrition on a budget, to the benefits of whole grains, to the need for moderation in use of salt—designed to give parents that same connection. “We think it’s important to make sure parents understand what’s going on in the child nutrition programs and how they can help support that,” Scuerman says.“If children only see whole grains in “We don’t have problems adhering to the guideIines. We cook from scratch. I don’t send my chicken out to be turned into nuggets. I cook chicken.” —Toni Geraci, executive director of nutrition services, Memphis (Tenn.) Independent School District Hungry Kids Don’t Learn Children might resist eating fruits and vegetables rather than the high-calorie, high-fat diet they’re potentially used to, but grown-ups should persist, Hoelscher says. “Kids will have the opportunity to see healthy meals modeled. It doesn’t make sense to have federal guidelines promoting fruit and vegetable consumption, and then you don’t feed that to kids,” Hoelscher says. “You need to have eight to 15 exposures to a food before it becomes part of your regular routine. When this [updated CACFP] legislation goes into effect, it’s important for us to give it a chance to work.” “Hungry kids don’t learn. They just don’t,” Memphis’ Geraci concludes. “We’ve hit the ground running, and it just keeps growing. It definitely transforms lives and campuses.” DA Ed Finkel is a contributing writer to District Administration. school, they’re not going to be as willing to broadly incorporate them into their lifestyle as they will if they see it in school and at home. Solution Showcase A look at innovative products from leading vendors DreamBox Learning Math increases math achievement with new adaptive technology. Introducing Intelligent Adaptive Learning™ from DreamBox: Transform the way your students learn mathematics through a groundbreaking combination of intelligent adaptive learning™ technology, rigorous elementary mathematics curriculum, and motivating learning environments. To watch, go to www.districtadministration.com/showcase www.DistrictAdministration.com December 2012 53 http://www.districtadministration.com/showcase http://www.districtadministration.com/showcase http://www.DistrictAdministration.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of District Administration - December 2012

District Administration - December 2012
Contents
From the Editor
News Update
Special Education
District Profile
Administrator Profile
Fab Lab: Using Technology to Make (Almost) Anything!
Neuroscience in Schools
Three Squares at School
Top 100 DA Readers Choose Innovative Products of the Year
CIO News
Problem Solution
Crisis Response
Online Edge
Going Mobile

District Administration - December 2012