ently. This author wishes to recommend that district X participates in a USDA sponsored Federal School Breakfast Program.Assurance for students and others concerned regarding the breakfast program mostly relies around the time consuming aspect of the program. An article in American Teacher stated that in many schools teachers expressed concerns about the logistics of the program, including the loss of instructional time. That concern soon faded. Teachers reported that breakfast was finished within the allotted time for homeroom. In addition classrooms remain clean, students cooperate, and show leadership (American Teacher, 1998). Students cooperate and show leadership in being allowed to eat their breakfast in the classroom and clean up after themselves. For today’s families, time and energy are at a premium in the morning. School breakfast can help those with busy life styles an can also play a significant role in reducing a growing national problem – hunger (Neifert, 1993). Students over the years have shown that breakfast can start a child’s day off right. Recent studies show that breakfast actually helps children learn better, they also show that eating a nutritious breakfast improves children’s performance on cognitive test especially involving memory. Student’s performance increased when students ate breakfast. The teacher of a classroom studied, believed that student alertness and completion of tasks increased during the breakfast program. Additionally, the teacher reported that the students had more positive attitudes. (Devaney & Stuart, 1998, p.114)A study done on preschool aged children and their nutrient intake and pre-academic performance, showed that when children were denied breakfast they displayed less accuracy on a variety of task that measure problem solving skills (Worobey & Worobey, 1999). These findings show that not only is awareness increa...
