Food Services
Helping Students Achieve
The mission of the Bibb County School Nutrition Program is to serve as a partner in education by providing proper nutrition to ensure healthy students, ready to learn.
Goals & Objectives
Provide appealing and nutritionally sound meals for students as economically as possible.
Stimulate student and adult participation through improved marketing program for students, parents, staff and the community.
Operate a self sufficient, financially sound program.
Strive for maximum participation, showing a reasonable rate of increase from year-to-year.
Philosophy
Bibb County School Nutrition Program believes that the School Nutrition program is an integral part of the educational process. The program should be a key to providing every student with the opportunity to grow, develop and learn. It is the belief that nutrition is a fundamental need of all children and that adequate nutrition ensures healthy children and future healthy adults. The Bibb County School Nutrition Program plays a vital role in fulfilling this need by providing well-balanced meals that meet basic nutritional requirements in an environment that is attractive and invites a positive sense of self-esteem.
Organizational Information
The Bibb County School Nutrition Program operates forty-five fully equipped on-site kitchens. Each kitchen has a certified manager and staff based on a pre-determined standard meal per labor hour. All high schools and middle schools have breakfast programs. Both breakfast and lunch are served at the Butler TMR Center and the Hall Headstart Center. Meals are transported to Bellevue Headstart, Davis Homes, Pendleton Homes, Murphy Homes, Elam Alexander Academy, and Bibb County Alternative School.
Approximately 3.6 million lunches and 1.5 million breakfasts are served during the school year to a student population of approximately 25,000.
Bibb County School Nutrition Program
Bibb County Schools Nutrition Department has implemented numerous marketing promotions. All schools are encouraged to participate in a special monthly promotion. The following has been implemented. All schools are required to do at least two promotions a month. Each manager is given a Marketing Handbook the beginning of School. This Handbook contains activities for each month that they can select from. Example September: Managers can create or choose from the following activities: Teacher Sack Breakfast, Breakfast Stamp Game, Grandparents Day, and Fall Fling Picnic.
We do Marketing Promotions with a lot emphasis on customer service such as:
Mission Nutrition by Mellow Smello
Citrus Promotion - Decorate your Cafeteria Contest
Toon Tuesday
Five-A-Day for Better Health
National School Lunch Week/Nutrition Month/Breakfast Month
Heart Fest at School/American Education Week
Nutrition Art Contest - encourage students to participate in Art Contest. Offer prizes for Best Artwork or contest. Teacher and Aids are especially helpful in promoting this activity. Hang Artwork in Cafeteria for Judging
Uniforms for all employees - A more professional image
Bibb School Nutrition Department has installed Food Courts in four high schools and one middle school. New foods have been introduced. Plans are to have a Food Court in all complexes and close some cafeterias down. Plans are to offer choices in all elementary schools next school term. New menu items will continue to be introduced throughout the year.
Nutrition Education
The School Nutrition Program uses a variety of materials to teach nutrition education to the students in Bibb County. The following explains a few of the materials used and methods of providing nutrition education.
Classes are taught every year and as often as requested. Managers are encouraged to spend at least one hour per month in the classroom. During the next school year they will be required to reach one-fourth of their school population or average 2 hours per month in Nutrition Education Activities. Currently managers teach classes and conduct kitchen tours and act as a resource for the classroom teacher. Many times managers assist with cooking projects in the classroom o providing services for the projects success.
Plans are currently underway to have all Nutrition Education Resources catalogued in the System Media Card Catalogue. These resources would be available for teachers and students to check out through the Resource Center at the Bibb County Administrative Offices.
Nutrition Awareness Programs
Crunchy Critter Club is used for Early Childhood Classes - K-4 students.
Objectives:
To develop a positive attitude about trying new foods and food combinations at mealtime
To identify a wide variety of foods and their important relationship to good health
To promote appropriate social skills to make eating an enjoyable experience
Crunchy Critter Returns is used for Primary - K-2 students.
Objectives:
To identify the six nutrients in food needed each day for good health
To develop a positive attitude toward new and different foods
To promote a proper energy balance to maintain good health and to prevent health problems associated with over-nutrition or under-nutrition
To develop breakfast habits that follow the good breakfast rules
Make a Body Conscious Choice is used for High School students.
Encourages students to choose more healthy food choice on the serving line.
Lunchtime All-Stars are programs for Primary and Intermediate grades. Children are introduced to a variety of food through their senses. They remember and identify fun times they have had with food.
Crunchy's Choice is used in Elementary School.
Crunchy's Choice is a new and innovative way of implementing the Dietary Guidelines and education of elementary students. Crunchy helps students learn to choose a well-balanced nutritious meal. Crunchy's Choice focuses on specific foods and food value such a vitamin A and C.
Five A Day For Better Health is used for Middle and High School Students.
The National 5 A Day Better Health program is a joint project of the National Institute and the Produce for Better Health Foundation. Our goal in the 5-A Day is to make students more aware of how eating fruits and vegetables can improve their health and how these foods may help reduce the risk of cancer. We encourage eating five servings of fruit and vegetables or more a day.
Mission Nutrition
Mission Nutrition is a special event used to add fun and excitement to school meals. This exceptional merchandising program has increased participation and created happier customers while educating students on the benefits of good nutrition. Students receive monthly theme ideas as well as educational incentives.
Other Programs used:
Adventures in Healthy Eating
Explorations Into Nutrition Snacking
Good Food is Fun
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