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Rhode Island Breakfast Challenge Winners Announced
The Daniel D. Waterman School in Cranston won the "most improved" K-8 category.
From RI Dept. of Education: Tomorrow, First Gentleman Andy Moffit and Ken Wagner, the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education, will present $1,000 checks to Daniel D. Waterman School in Cranston and William E. Tolman Senior High School in Pawtucket, winners of the 2018 Rhode Island School Breakfast Challenge.
From November 6, 2017, through May 4, 2018, Governor Gina M. Raimondo, the First Gentleman, and Commissioner Wagner challenged schools across the state to increase their participation in school breakfast programs. Of the 66 schools in 11 districts that participated, Waterman School was the Most Improved school in the grades K-8 category, and Tolman was the Most Improved in the high school category.
WHAT: School Breakfast Challenge Celebration
WHERE: Daniel D. Waterman School
722 Pontiac Avenue, Cranston
WHEN: Thursday, June 7, 11 a.m.
WHERE: William E. Tolman Senior High School
150 Exchange Street, Pawtucket
WHEN: Thursday, June 7, 12 p.m.
Approximately 73,000 Rhode Island students participate in the School Lunch Program, but only 32,000 participate in the School Breakfast Program. The Rhode Island School Breakfast Challenge was designed to increase that number of school breakfasts served and give more students access to the proper nutrition they need to start their day. The Challenge is supported by the No Kid Hungry campaign, run by the non-profit group Share Our Strength.
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