About the Challenge
The Ohio School Breakfast Challenge encourages
all schools to give their students the best start
they can with a healthy breakfast.
- Attendance
- Behavior
- Classroom participation
- Attentiveness
- Concentration
- Math and reading scores
- Standardized test scores
- Cognitive test speed
- Vocabulary
- Anxiety
- School nurse visits
- Tardiness
- Absenteeism1,2
to increase revenue in the food service department.2
Breakfast Strategies
Customize your breakfast program to service the unique needs of your school.
Breakfast is served and eaten in the cafeteria. A variety of hot and cold menu items can be offered so students get a healthy start to their day.
Students pick up breakfast when they arrive at school and it is served in a variety of high-traffic areas such as the cafeteria, hall or entry ways.
Students eat together in the classroom and breakfast is delivered by the nutrition staff, students and/or volunteers.
Students get breakfast during a break in the morning after first period or mid-way between breakfast and lunch, similar to Grab ‘n Go.
Raise Your Hand
All schools offering the School Breakfast Program can participate in the Ohio School Breakfast Challenge by submitting their participation data for February 1, 2018 thru March 30, 2018
School food authorities will receive a survey gizmo email the last week of March 2018 to report breakfast meals served, operating days and enrollment.
Raise The Bar
Get the word out! Invite school administrators, teachers and other staff to come together and participate in the Ohio School Breakfast Challenge! Promote and share school breakfast messages to your community through E-newsletters, social media, Facebook and Twitter using the hashtag: #OHSBC
Ideas to promote and share breakfast messages are on the Ohio School Breakfast Challenge Resource page.
Raise Your Praise
Schools reporting breakfast Average Daily Participation (ADP) data and that meet the ADP rates as stated below will be notified of their award level in May 2018. These schools will receive an All-Star recognition banner to proudly display in their school. Banners will be distributed at summer conferences.
80% or higher total ADP*
70–79% total ADP*
60–69% total ADP*
50–59% total ADP*
Ohio School Breakfast Challenge Statewide Champions of Breakfast Awards
Join the Inaugural Eight, Champions of Breakfast Award Winners!
In The News
The Ohio School Breakfast Challenge is pleased to announce the 2018 Champions of Breakfast Award Winners.
Schools were recognized for their innovative and collaborative school breakfast practices. Thank you for your dedication and efforts to improve the lives and academics of your students with school breakfast.
Click here for the 2018 Champions of Breakfast Award Winners
Get Recognized! Participate in the Spring 2018-School Breakfast Challenge
Give your kids a successful start to the school day with a healthy breakfast-AND get recognized for your efforts!
Schools that submit February and March 2018 breakfast participation data by April 20th and that meet Challenge criteria will receive state-wide recognition and a banner for their school. School Food Authorities that previously participated in the Challenge received a personalized link to complete the Challenge Survey.
Any Ohio school can participate in the challenge by clicking this link.
Congratulations to the Spring 2017 School Breakfast Challenge “All-Star” Award Winners for their outstanding efforts. 445 Ohio Schools met the criteria for the Fall 2016 and/or Spring 2017, Ohio School Breakfast Challenge.
Click here for the Spring 2017 School Breakfast Challenge Award Announcement
Click here for the Spring 2017 School Breakfast Challenge Award Winners
Click here for the Fall 2016 Ohio School Breakfast Challenge Award Winners
Click here for the Fall 2016 Ohio School Breakfast Challenge Announcement
Congrats to the Inaugural 2017 Champions of School Breakfast!
Schools were recognized for their innovative and collaborative school breakfast practices.
Click here for the 2017 Champions of School Breakfast Award Winners Announcement
Click here for the 2017 Champions of School Breakfast Award Winner Success Stories
The Ohio School Breakfast Challenge is supported by more than 25 school and health organizations.
Hear why this new initiative is important to the following groups:
Ohio Assn of Secondary School Admins
Ohio Assn of Elementary School Admins
Brought to You By:
1 Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) “Breakfast for Health” Fall 2011 www.frac.org
2 Wellness Impact Report: Enhancing Academic Success through Healthy School Environments – GENYOUth Foundation 2013 www.GENYOUthFoundation.org
3 Ohio Department of Health, 2013 Ohio Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Center for Disease Control
4 Section 3313.813, Food Programs- Outdoor Education Centers, 3 (e)
*Annual Total ADP Definition: School Breakfast Annual Average Daily Participation Rates of total students enrolled based on food service monthly claims.
Sign up to take the Ohio School Breakfast Challenge for the 2014–15 school year.
Thank you for signing up.
A team member will contact you within two business days to help determine next steps for your school breakfast program.
