It’s back to school season! Team Nutrition is happy to join the excitement of schools, teachers, school nutrition professionals, students, and families to start a new academic year. It’s a time for students to meet new friends, reconnect with old classmates, learn new skills, and build knowledge. Let’s embrace this season and make it the best by having fun and staying healthy.
Team Nutrition Back to School Resources
In addition to the resources listed below, click here to get ideas for incorporating fun activities and resources into your school's back to school night or open house.
A Guide to Smart Snacks
Make the healthy choice the easy choice for your students this year. Healthy snacks help kids get the nutrition they need to grow and learn.
Healthier Middle Schools: Everyone Can Help
Engage teachers, principals, parents, food service managers, and students in school wellness efforts to support healthy food choices and physical activity at your local middle school.
Local School Wellness Policy Outreach Toolkit
Get everyone involved! Share how your school is creating a healthy and fun environment with these customizable flyers, presentations, newsletter articles, and social media posts.
Team Nutrition Posters
Refresh the walls and bulletin boards at your school with eye-catching images and messages that encourage students to develop healthy habits.
Team Nutrition Popular Event Spotlight
Hosting a Healthy Food Heritages: Investigating Nutrition Across Cultures event is great way to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month and Ethnic Foods Month in September. Students will have fun while learning more about healthy food choices from other cultures. Find this and other event ideas for the entire year in the Team Nutrition Popular Events Idea Booklet
New and Improved Food Buying Guide
Use the new web-based, interactive Food Buying Guide (FBG) to make menu planning and recipe development easier. The features associated with this first release include search and navigation functionality, comparison features for yield information, and the ability for users to create and save favorite foods lists. The tool also incorporates an exciting new feature: the interactive Product Formulation Statement Workbook, which allows manufacturers to easily search and populate selected food items, calculate their product’s contribution statement, and generate a document that provides crediting information for CN Program Operators.
