Do students have the right to eat as they choose? Or are school administrators and the federal government making children sick? Critics and supporters have debated the ingredients of school provided student lunches for several years‚ yet there has been no nutritional improvement in the quality of food served. While there are advocates‚ such as first lady Michelle Obama‚ fighting for healthier food choices‚ many critics believe the kids will not eat fresh‚ wholesome food. Numerous studies have found
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With school based intervention programs‚ it can allow for families‚ schools and communities to intervene in a child’s life before they develop antisocial behaviors and end up in the juvenile justice system. Schools provide regular access to children through their development years. School based intervention programs can provide change to delinquent behaviors in and outside of the school. I found a school-based program to reduce violence‚ which is a universal school based program. The program is designed
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the voucher program movement. Established in 1989‚ the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program is the country’s longest running private school voucher program (Wolf‚ 2012‚ p. 1). The state later modeled two additional choice programs on the Milwaukee program – one in Racine‚ WI and one for the entire state – and all three have grown since their inception. In the Racine Parental Choice Program‚ vouchers are available to families with incomes at or below 300% of the federal poverty level. Schools admit students
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concerns in the United States. “In 2009‚ almost 40 percent of sexually active high school students did not use a condom during their last sexual intercourse‚ and 12 percent did not use any method of contraception” (CDC‚ 2010a). It is important to have preventative and educational programs available to our youth as they enter the age of risk of unintended pregnancies. SCHOOL-BASED PREGNANCY PREVENTION PROGRAMS Introduction The United States continues to experience the highest teenage
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In the article‚ After-School Programs: Keeping Children Safe & Smart‚ by An-Me Chung; she discusses how after school programs positively beneficial for the youth. Chung states‚ that according to U.S. Departments of Education and Justice‚ local after school programs have proven to “reduce risk-taking‚” in youth (An-Me Chung 2010). She says‚ after-school programs‚ provide “safe and caring” environments (An-Me Chung 2010). Chung realizes that after school programs will keep most youth occupied and
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The National School Lunch Program has nutritional standards that the participating schools must follow. These standards are what make the program so effective in reducing childhood obesity. The meal patterns and nutritional standards are based off of the latest dietary guidelines for Americans which has increased the availability of fruits‚ vegetables‚ and whole grains. Students are required to take some of each food while obtaining their lunch from the cafeteria. Students are still given the choice
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The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is the Nation’s second largest food and nutrition assistance program. It has benefited an enormous amount of children suffering from poverty or in households struggling to make ends meet. It has operated in over 101‚000 public and nonprofit private schools and‚ “provided over 28 million low-cost or free lunches to children on a typical school day at a federal cost of $8 billion for the year”. (TNSLP) The main goal on the NSLP as identified by congress is to
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Artifact Description This resource notebook was created in the School Counseling Program class taught by Dr. Dixon. It was produced to make information readily available about agencies available to support students and their families in the community I teach. While gathering information for this assignment‚ I met many magnificent people who were eager‚ even overjoyed to share what their agencies had to offer and how they were willing to try to fund the needs of our students and their families
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Coordinated School Health Programs (CSHP) Briefly answer the following questions. For #2‚ answer “A” if you currently work in a school setting or have access to information about one‚ otherwise answer “B.” 1. Identify the eight components of a coordinated school health program. The eight components of coordinated school health consist of the following services: 1. Health education is taught to K-12 students on ways to make healthy decisions through health literacy. 2. Physical
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breakfast and lunch school from what we have? It is important as parents are very concern about what their children have at school for breakfast and lunch. This topic is become sensitive and brought it up to majority by the First Lady‚ Michelle Obama at Parklawn Elementary School in Alexandria‚ Virginia as she claimed that she was worried about the food at school as she tried to prepare healthy food for her children (Nixon‚ 2012.) Moreover changing the breakfast and lunch program can come from many
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