Walkerton Elementary School: Walkerton, IN

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JOHN GLENN SCHOOL
CORPORATION
WALKERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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ABOUT WALKERTON ELEMENTARY

• WHERE WE ARE

• POPULATION 429 STUDENTS
• K-6
• HEAD START
• SPECIAL NEEDS PRE SCHOOL
• 93 CAUCASIAN
• 5 HISPANIC
• 2 AFRICAN AMERICAN
• 40 FREE AND REDUCE

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COMMENTS FROM OUR PRINCIPAL
TIM DAVIS

• This program is fantastic!! It has opened the
  eyes of the students and parents of the
  importance of fruits and vegetables in their
  daily diet. Many students have commented that
  they now eat an apple or orange if it is offered
  at school or home rather than junk food.
• I have seen an improvement in the health and
  behavior of all students since we received the
  initial grant.
• We hope to continue this program for many years!

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DISTRIBUTION

• Students pick up baskets around 830 after
  dropping off their lunch count for the day.
• Basket of fresh fruit in office.
• After school studies
• Athletics

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STAFF

• The staff works hard preparing produce for the
  students to pickup and be distributed in the
  classroom.

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SPECIAL NEEDS PRESCHOOL Kathy SnyderTeacher

• Snack time is a daily part of our special needs
  preschool program. The fruits and vegetable
  program adds so much to this daily activity. The
  students are encouraged to try the fruit or
  veggie of the day. We then strengthen vocabulary
  concepts by talking about our snack-color, taste,
  shape. Oral motor and fine motor skills are also
  incorporated into this. ie-peeling, using fingers
  for picking up craisins and grapes, chewing new
  textures, and using a spoon.
• Not only do the teachers in the class love the
  fruit and vegetable program but the therapists do
  also.

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NUTRITION EDUCATION

• 1st Year 4th grade performed a play titled
  Lettuce Entertain You for grades K-2. It
  taught them facts about the Food Guide Pyramid.
• Flyers on tables in the cafeteria display facts
  about the different kinds of fruit and
  vegetables.
• Currently 6th grade students make a daily
  announcement about the fruit and vegetable of
  the day.
• Future plans working with the County Extension
  Agency to set up a program and possibly cooking
  with students.

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Sample of student's daily announcement
Until the 20th century all pear trees were
green, ripening to a golden yellow. Around 1947
a Washington pear grower discovered that when a
branch of a pear tree was coated with red paint
all the fruit on that branch were red. Today
scarlet pears are as common as golden
apples. Pears are a good source of vitamin C and
are high in fiber. For added fiber try putting
red pears in your salads.
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STAFF COMMENTS

• Many students have found they like something they
  have never tried before because they have an
  opportunity to taste it. CK
• My students began asking me when we would be
  starting the fruits/vegetable program the first
  week of school. BM
• All the students and staff love the fruit and
  veggie snacks. They seem to concentrate better
  and are in a good mood for learning. JH
• I really appreciate the nutritious snacks for the
  after school studies. It revitalizes them for
  that end of the day learning time. DV
• We are incorporating it into a language lesson.
  The children are helping
• spell and write the words and classifying which
  are fruits and which are vegetables. NW

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STUDENT COMMENTS

• The fruits and veggies program has improved my
  health. E.A.
• The fruits help me make it through the day until
  lunch.G.M.
• VERY NUTRITIOUS
• I dont eat breakfast so it fills my tummy C.B.
• Green apples are my favorite. Z.F.

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THANK YOU USDA