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Tools for Schools

Tools for Schools imageTools for Schools includes updated versions of the Menu Planner for Healthy School Meals and the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs in CD format packaged together in a dual mailer that is available to all schools.

The Menu Planner for Healthy School Meals provides recommendations from the 2005 Dietary Guidelines that can be implemented in menu planning: serving more whole grains, fruits, and vegetables, and lower amounts of sugar, saturated and trans fats, and sodium in school menus. It includes valuable information on the different menu planning options, nutrient analysis, keeping menu planning records, and marketing the School Meal Programs in schools.

The Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs has all of the current information in one manual. You can print the entire manual, individual sections, or just updated pages to insert into your 2001 print copy. The manual includes an introduction, appendixes, and information on:

  • Meat/Meat Alternates
  • Vegetables/Fruits
  • Grains/Breads
  • Milk
  • Other Foods

These updated materials can be previewed under each publication's name and are available in PDF format.

Available as a dual mailer to all schools upon request from Team Nutrition.