To Fit Your School Wellness Needs

Dairy Council's commitment to dairy and wellness is as strong today as when it was established in 1915. From the cafeteria to the classroom to after-school, you'll find a range of programs and materials that support school-wide implementation of your School Wellness Policy.

• NEW Classroom Programs Support School Wellness
• The Classroom Cafeteria Connection
• Raise Funds and Support School Wellness
• New Look of School Milk
• The Expanding Breakfast Program
• Wellness and Your After-school Program

NEW Classroom Programs Support Wellness

The Little D's Nutrition Expedition™ and Arianna's Nutrition Expedition™ for 2nd and 4th grades teach the importance of good nutrition and support MyPyramid and Language Arts.

The Classroom — Cafeteria Connection

Find tips, activity ideas and more for making the cafeteria-classroom nutrition connection in your school.

• Classroom-Cafeteria Activities — Double the fun and team up classroom learning with the cafeteria experience.
• Dazzling Dairy Carnival Brochure — Download this step-by-step guide for a carnival that teaches the importance of calcium for strong bones and healthy bodies.

Raise Funds and Support School Wellness

Demonstrate your commitment to school wellness with fundraisers that promote student, family and community health. More...

New Look of School Milk

The New Look of School Milk program improves student nutrition by increasing milk sales and consumption, and by increasing breakfast and lunch participation.

• Student Plastic Packaging Preference Survey — Shows that children prefer milk in plastic bottles to paperboard cartons.
• School Milk Pilot Test — Dairy industry and School Nutrition Association demonstrate how to make milk more appealing to students.
• Making Milk Students' Beverage of Choice — Easy-to-read fact sheet explains the importance of improving school milk and includes New Look of School Milk Champion Testimonials

The Expanding Breakfast Program

Studies prove children who eat breakfast are better prepared to learn in school. Increase breakfast participation by Expanding Breakfast outside of the cafeteria!

• Breakfast Research — Find studies that demonstrate the many benefits derived when children eat school breakfast.
• Expanding Breakfast Program Options — Learn about the alternate breakfast serving methods that Expand Breakfast outside the cafeteria and help boost participation.

Wellness and Your After-school Program

Combine the cornerstones of school wellness — nutrition and physical activity.

• ReCharge! Energizing After-school™ — Team-based, after-school activities developed by the National Football League and Action for Healthy Kids combine nutrition learning and physical activity. Find out more about the program and how to order.
• ReCharge! Healthy After-school Snack Guide for School Nutrition Directors — Find information about after-school snack benefits, how to fund snacks through the National School Lunch program, sample menus and success stories.
• After-school Snack Menu — Download a menu of kid-tested, nutritious snacks that provide variety while fueling growing bodies and curious minds.
• After-school Programs 101 — Find after-school program basics, including the importance of after-school program snacks, the importance of involving school nutrition professionals and federal reimbursement information.
• School Nutrition Programs Have the Knack for After-school Snacks — Download this full-color, two-page handout that outlines the benefits of working with school foodservice, sample menus and more.