The School Breakfast/Lunch Programs:

• The full meal school breakfast and lunch programs will continue to follow the USDA Requirements for Federal School Meals Programs.
• The School Food Service Program provider will follow the District's Nutrition Standards when determining the items in a la carte and “competitive foods” sales.
• A la carte and “competitive foods” items that do not meet the District Nutrition Standards may be acceptable when offered on a very infrequent, intermittent basis and must be recorded in the Annual Report.
• The Food Service Director will work closely with the Nutrition & Physical Activity Advisory Council.

  Cafeteria Environment:

• A cafeteria environment that provides students with a relaxed, enjoyable climate shall be developed.
• The cafeteria environment is a place where students have:
  • Adequate space to eat and clean, pleasant surroundings;
  • Adequate time to eat meals.  (The American School Food Service Association recommends at least 20 minutes for lunch from the time students are seated with their food); and
  • Convenient access to hand washing or hand sanitizing facilities before meals.

  Fundraising:

            All fund-raising projects are encouraged to follow the District Nutrition Standards.

• All fund raising projects for sale and consumption within and prior to the instructional day will follow the District’s Nutrition Standards when determining the items being sold.

 Student Nutrition Education:

The Newport School Department has a comprehensive curriculum approach to nutrition in Kindergarten through 12th grade.
All K-12 instructional staff is encouraged to integrate nutritional themes from the Rhode Island Department of Education Health Education Framework and/or the Rhode Island Family & Consumer Science Framework into daily lessons when appropriate.  The health benefits of good nutrition should be emphasized. 

The district nutrition policy reinforces nutrition education to help students practice these themes in a supportive school environment.

Parent Nutrition Education:

·  Nutrition education will be provided to parents beginning at the elementary level.  The goal will be to continue to educate parents throughout middle and high school levels.

·  Nutrition education may be provided in the form of handouts, postings on the district website, articles and information provided in district or school newsletters, presentations that focus on nutritional value and healthy lifestyles, and through any other appropriate means available for reaching parents. 

Staff Nutrition & Physical Activity Education:

With the purposes of:

• Encouraging all school staff to improve their own personal health and wellness
• Improving staff morale
• Creating positive role modeling
• Building the commitment of staff to promote the health of students
• Building the commitment of staff to help improve the school nutrition and physical activity environment.

Nutrition and physical activity education opportunities will be provided to all school staff at the elementary, middle and high school levels.  These educational opportunities may include, but not be limited to, the distribution of educational and informational materials and the arrangement of presentations and workshops that focus on nutritional value and healthy lifestyles, health assessments, fitness activities, and other appropriate nutrition and physical activity-related topics.