• This Grudge - Alanis - this is a great song about messed up relationships and what happens with lack of forgiveness.  FYI: When I was in high school, Alanis had just become a popular rock star.  However, her first few albums were described by many guys as "girl power" "man - hater music" or "angry girl music."  Which, if you heard her previous songs, you'd understand why.  One of her more recent albums includes songs that gives evidence that she might have been wrong.  This song is about what happened to her when she finally forgave a guy who hurt her deeply.
• Everything - Alanis -  I used this in IPR to discuss qualities of a person you'd want to marry or date.  This too is a postmodern concept of authentic relationships.  It is taking people as they are - relationships are messy.  I used this in IPR to discuss qualities of a person you'd want to marry or date.  This too is a postmodern concept of authentic relationships.  It is taking people as they are - relationships are messy.  I think there are many things to be said about healthy relationships, but our students (and country) are under the impression that relationships are a easy and flawless.  But what happens if you really get to know some one?  As Alanis says "you see everything, you see every part.  You see all my light and you love my dark. And You're Still Here."
  
• Jezebel - 10,000 Maniacs - this is a great song to describe LOVE.  It discusses that there are many definitions of love - so when you say it to different people in different contexts, what do you mean?  It is about using the word appropriately - because it is a strong word!

1.  How about milk in a variety of flavors, celery stuffed with peanut butter or cream cheese, carrot sticks, pretzels or wheat crackers.   What a GREAT notion and what good PR if folks all over the state get with this program. Good, good, good. Peggy Wild, FACS/DOE

2.  Get a bevy of mothers together and have them whip up some egg burrito (like McDonld's).  Or some type of muffin would be ok if it had whole grain.  I'm thinking of the morning glory muffins with grated carrot, pineapple, raisins, but that is pretty expensive... Maybe you can get a local Mexican restaurant to donate the tortillas and the local grocery store to donate the eggs... Carol A. Friesen, PhD, RD, Associate Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ball State University

3.  Julie, I personally provide peanut butter and celery, apples and celery, cheese and crackers, fruit...usually grapes.  I serve very little empty carbs...no high sugar foods. I also have milk and orange juice (the light kind...less sugars). I have provided breakfast in my room for years.  I test the ninth graders so I have access to my kitchens.  The kids in my group love the goodies.  Many of our teachers provide healthy snacks for the students.  I mentioned this to my principal (about two years ago) and our cafeteria offered breakfast

burritos etc. for those who wanted them..very few students took advantage of this so it was not served the following year.  I also noted that out of all of the freshmen the kids in my group scored the highest...coincidence or just smarter kids...hard to say. But...I am a firm believer of a good diet and that helps ones brain...Also my room was comfortable and some of the classrooms were very cold.  I really think that many factors play in on testing day. I server a variety of things for the three days and the kids love it. The breakfast burrito thing or the pre-made omelets are good.  Our cafeteria serves those for lunch sometime. Talk with the cafeteria folk and see what they can get from Sysco foods or Gordon Foods. Jeanne Zarse Tri County High School , Wolcott , Indiana

4.  Last year, I did individually wrapped cheese sticks & beef sticks. You could give them juices in the celephane packs as well. Our AP Social Studies teacher prepares protein breakfast foods for his students before they take their AP exam, then serve carbohydrate foodswhen done testing.  Last 2 years, test scores have been higher! ( Lorraine Ewing )

5.  Good idea to serve something. Of course anything fresh fruit is would be simple......bananas, apples, crackers and cheese, celery with peanut butter, Gorp, a tortilla with honey/peanut butter spread on one side then wrap a banana around it etc. This year the government is giving a great deal on cheese and peanut butter to the school  cafeterias.  Don't know your relationship with the cooks but mine have sold me 6 large jars of peanut butter for around $5.00 and the case of cheese was about the same.  Great price.  Good

luck. Carol S. Hoehn, North Harrison Middle School

6.  WOW....i am sooo excited for you.  I tried for years to get this done...we serve cookies and have candy in every room for the

students!!!! :(..one idea that I had given was bananas and a cup of crex mix---loaded with nuts, pretzels, and cheerios. (Ann Rounds)

7.  Suggestions--peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, cheese and crackers, granola bars, yogurt, fresh fruit. I would suggest that you charge for costs so you won't have too many expenses incurred.  Most kids would buy breakfast foods for minimal costs. Joanna Allison, Warsaw High School

8.  Granola mix in a baggie...with granola, raisins, nuts, dried fruit, etc. For the peanut allergy ones, offer some without the nuts. This is something that can be massed produced. Even some M & M's for energy would be okay. My church did a fast breakfast for students prior to kids leaving for camp. They took canned biscuits and made them up in mass quantities, scrambled tons of eggs, and fried sausages and did breakfast sandwiches and put some without eggs, some without sausage, etc. They wrapped them in small aluminum foil squares and then kept them in the oven on warm. Easy to do...and fairly inexpensive.  We did it for over 450 people. Gina Schlotterbeck, Lawrence North High School

9. Granola bars and juice or cereal bars with low sugar content. Kay Jordan

10. Big containers of vanilla yogurt and a bag of granola....this would be cheaper then buying individual ones although they are at walmart for Yoplai only $.50...but if you have to buy a lot...cheaper by the bulk and scoop out with an ice cream scoop so all the same size servings... Also have done the scrambled eggs and flour tortilla shells....scramble eggs till almost done.....place in tortilla shells add a little cheese....roll up...these can be done ahead and frozen.....reheat in Microwave or cover with tin foil and bring up to temperature.....serve with salsa.....Chef Diana Hansen-Brattain, C4 Culinary Arts  

11.  Julie, eggs in the form of a wrap using a tortilla and fried egg may be even include a slice of cheese.  That together with a fruit might be your ticket. Margaret - Thornridge High School, Dolton , IL

12.  Hi Julie. How about some sliced apples, oranges, grapes and/or French Toast Strips? Kathy Inman, Blue River Valley Jr/Sr High School

13.  Bagels cut into 6 bite-size pieces is good-spread with peanut butter, little juice containers or milk. (Beth Wilhelm)

14.  If you have a Panera Bagel near by you might check on donations. Yogurt, cheese sticks, apples, bananas, granola bars, cereal bars. Tammy Bauchert  

15.  Fixing eggs could be messy, how about peanut butter sandwiches with milk and apple. This would be eaiser and you could have some plain, with jelly or honey. This wouldn't be too expensive.  Perhaps this could be free in the cafeteria with community sponsorship. Carla Popplewell, Center Grove High School, Greenwood

16.  Julie,  In past years I have inquired about the breakfast being offered in our school. I was concerned about the doughnuts and other sweets.  I recommended cheese, crackers, peanut butter, or other nuts and fruits.  Often moz and other cheeses are available thru commodities.   Wanda Christner

17.  Dear Julie, last year our principle worked with the cafeteria ladies to made snacks available for ISTEP.  Bagels and muffins were offered with orange juice and milk.  I think breakfast pizza would be an excellent brain food, also.  Gail Wing, NorthWood High School, Nappanee

18.  How about an egg and cheese biscuit? The American Egg Board web site has lots of egg recipes www.aeb.org  A breakfast casserole with sausage, egg, cheese would be pretty easy to prepare and serve a large number of people.  A recipe is attached.  A fruit smoothie would be good, as well as a fruit parfaits. These could be too expensive.  I am attaching a strawberry-banana smoothie recipe and our fruit parfait recipe from Nutrition & Wellness class. Doris McWilliams, Indian Creek High School, Trafalgar

19.  Even if it is not breakfast food, brain food is good!! String cheese, or cheese cubes, bagels with light cream cheese, bananas, milk. Just the first few things I thought about.  Hope this helps. Renee Sigmon, Carroll High School, Fort Wayne

20.  When I did my student teaching in KY, the school ordered sausage egg McMuffins and juice for each student. Not sure what was donated? Depending on school size FACS foods classes could make breakfastcasseroles?  Good Luck , Angela  Cox

21.  Julie, I am assuming that this is a snack type item and not their actual breakfast.  I think that oj and some kind of trail mix with nuts, raisins, and dried fruit would be good. I also would recommend nutty apples (apples cut in half and spread with peanut butter and nuts. Darla Bent, Bloomfield

22.  Julie, it is nice that they do this.  How about cheese and crackers? It would be easy and nutritious.  You can buy the cheese pre-cut. (Jan Coleman)

23. Perhaps string cheese, and juice.  (Linda Glave)