Breakfast in the Classroom is an initiative by Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York City Department of Education to ensure that a FREE and COMPLETE breakfast is available to all NYC elementary students. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and skipping it has both short and long term effects. It can make a child restless, tired, and inattentive. It can also contribute to tardiness, poor attendance, and overall lower grade performance. By serving Breakfast in the Classroom everyone stands to benefit. Students are ensured a nutritious and healthy breakfast needed to think clearly, concentrate on learning, and perform better in class, and since the allotted time will also be used to take attendance or give announcements no class time is lost. Learn more: schoolfoodnyc.org/OurPrograms/bic
