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Are there any elementary schools that focus on a healthy diet/eating?
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Anonymous
| I am reading about elementary schools having pizza parties once and a week, cupcakes for every and any occasion, and kids being rewarded with candy. Surely there must be some schools in the metro area where this does not happen. At least, not on a regular basis. Or am I going to have to resign myself to DD being fed food at school that I would never serve at home? |
Anonymous
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This hasn't been our experience in MoCo--
No pizza parties that I'm aware of, no candy rewards. Kids might bring in cupcakes as a special treat on their birthdays, and there are treats for Halloween and Vday...but these are special occasions. You can pack your child's lunch and maintain a healthy diet. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
| Our private school includes nutrition guidelines in the handbook. We have no vending machines. Dessert is served only with specific cafeteria meals. It is not available a la carte. Families are told not to bring cupcakes for bdays. There are a couple of parties per year where the school celebrates with cupcakes and that's it. It is one of the reasons why we chose the school. |
Anonymous
Parents are told not to bring cupcakes!!!??? Isn't that extreme? Are you talking about a school for obese children? |
Anonymous
OP here. Which school is this? It sounds like the kind of place we'd like. |
Anonymous
Our school doesn't have this policy, but I don't think it's extreme. As it is, with 20 kids in a class, our kids are getting birthday cupcakes at school at least every other week on average; then there are the class-wide parties; the huge candyfests at Halloween, Valentine's Day, and Easter; the out-of-school birthday parties... |
Anonymous
| The Waldorf schools definitely focus on nutrition and nutritious foods. |
Anonymous
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MCPS parent here - There seem to be a lot of new rules about what foods you can bring to school or sell at school events. Unfortunately, the school lunch is just as disgusting and unhealthy as ever. And don't forget, MCPS has an aversion to fresh veggies from the garden. It was big #$%^^ deal to get them to agree to allow 3 pilot gardens. These had to be several blocks from the school building itself.
Contrast that to Bullis which has an amazing garden program that supplements their lunch program. Check out this story http://connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=349410&paper=70&cat=104 I'm not a Bullis parent but I think they are way ahead of the curve. They are approaching gardens as a positive thing, as a major issue with tons of hurdles to overcome. |
Anonymous
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They are approaching gardens as a positive thing, as a major issue with tons of hurdles to overcome.
Oops! Not as a major issue |
Anonymous
NP here. I don't think it is extreme at all. I think it is a great policy. With only 12 kids in my dd's class, I feel like she is eating cupcakes every other day. I can only imagine if it was a bigger class. |
Anonymous
| Any schools in DC that have healthy eating policies? |
Anonymous
| My MCPS kids get candy very regularly as rewards from school/bus driver etc. They also have 1 b-day celebration a month with treats..that part doesn't offend me but I could do with less food rewards. |
Anonymous
| I don't actually care whether my kids gets sweets, but I would prefer not to introduce the concept of food-as-a-reward. |
Anonymous
| do those of you who dont like bday sweets at schools also not have dessert at home? |