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Brandon Valley highlights classroom nutrition program after statewide recognition
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District staff described a three-year nutrition-education program that has reached elementary students across Brandon Valley School District 49-2 and helped the district win a local "Grama healthy meals" award.
Brandon Valley School District 49-2 staff described on Monday evening a three-year nutrition-education program that has put nutrition and wellness lessons into elementary classrooms and other grades.
The program, presented to the Brandon Valley School Board by Merle Horace and Allison (Lisonbee) Eddy, aims to expose students to nutrition topics, give them behind-the-scenes access to school kitchens and demonstrate how food choices affect sleep and classroom focus. "We bring them behind the scenes into the kitchen. They get to see the walk in coolers and freezers where everything's prepped," said Allison Lisonbee Eddy, assistant director for child nutrition. "Their eyes go in disbelief when…
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