Lamar County Schools

Objective

Our program’s objective is to improve the health of our students by providing palatable and nutritious foods while enhancing their nutrition education

Goals

To offer each child an opportunity to purchase foods that will add to his/her physical well being.
To provide each child the opportunity to participate in a school breakfast and lunch program coordinated with the general curriculum.
To provide each child the opportunity to purchase a meal that meets at least one-third of his daily nutritional requirements, at a price the child can afford to pay.
To provide attractive, well-prepared foods of high nutritional value.
To provide each child the opportunity to take part in leadership training, through participation in the school breakfast and lunch program.
To offer important learning skills in health, citizenship, and social knowledge which compliment other educational subjects.
To provide a setting and assist in teaching Nutrition Education as it relates to various subject areas and all grade levels.
To provide each child the opportunity to participate in a program in which the administrators, faculty, and the Board of Education are fully aware of the nutritional and educational potentials of the School Food Services Program.
To provide special activities and resources to assist in teaching students better nutritional behaviors.
To function as an integral part of the educational system of the Lamar County School District.