School Breakfast

Did you know...

  •  Eating breakfast can help improve students' math, reading, and standardized test scores. 

  • Eating breakfast helps children pay attention, better perform problem-solving tasks, and improve memory and retention of what they learn. 

  • Children who eat school breakfast are likely to have fewer absences and incidents of tardiness than those who do not. 

  • By eating breakfast, students get more important nutrients, vitamins, and minerals, such as calcium, dietary fiber, folate, and protein in their diets. 

  • Eating breakfast as a child is important for establishing healthy habits for later in life.

  • What you eat for breakfast can have an impact on learning. One study showed that eating breakfast foods high in fiber and low in sugar helped students retain more of what they learn.

Grinnell-Newburg School District offers breakfast at every school building. Breakfast is served from 7:30 to 8 am at Fairview, Bailey Park and Middle School. High School breakfast begins at 7:45. The breakfast menu can be found here