By Sharon Aron Baron
Research shows that well-nourished children are healthier, more attentive, and have better mental performance than undernourished children.
Broward County Public Schools is adding five new schools to its afterschool Supper Program, including Margate Elementary, for a total of 120 schools serving nutritious suppers to students.
The Supper Program ensures that more than 10,000 students participating in regularly scheduled afterschool educational or enrichment activity programs receive the nutrition they need to learn and grow.
The suppers are funded through the federal Child Care Food Program, which provides healthy meals in the childcare setting. Meals meet all USDA requirements and are made available at no additional charge to students participating in afterschool programs, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Supper service at Margate Elementary, along with Broward Estates Elementary, McArthur High School, Westwood Heights Elementary, and William Dandy Middle School, begins on October 3, 2022.
Schools participating in the Aftercare Supper Program:
| Annabel C. Perry Elementary | Harbordale Elementary | Park Ridge Elementary |
| Apollo Middle | Hallandale High | Parkway Middle |
| Atlantic West Elementary | Hollywood Hills Elementary | Pasadena Lakes Elementary |
| Attucks Middle | Hollywood Park Elementary | Pembroke Pines Elementary |
| Bair Middle | Hollywood Hills High | Pines Lakes Elementary |
| Banyan Elementary | Horizon Elementary | Pinewood Elementary |
| Bennett Elementary | James Hunt Elementary | Piper High |
| Bethune Elementary | Lakeside Elementary | Plantation Elementary |
| Blanche Ely High | Larkdale Elementary | Pompano Beach Elementary |
| Boulevard Heights Elementary | Lauderdale Lakes Middle | Pompano Beach Middle |
| Boyd Anderson High | Lauderhill 6-12 STEM | Riverland Elementary |
| Broadview Elementary | Lauderhill Paul Turner Elementary | Riverside Elementary |
| Broward Estates Elementary | Liberty Elementary | Rock Island Elementary |
| Castle Hill Elementary | Lloyd Estates Elementary | Royal Palm Elementary |
| Challenger Elementary | Lyons Creek Middle | Sandpiper Elementary |
| Charles Drew Elementary | Maplewood Elementary | Sea Castle Elementary |
| Coconut Creek High | Margate Elementary | Seminole Middle |
| Coconut Palm Elementary | Margate Middle | Sheridan Hills Elementary |
| Colbert Elementary | McArthur High | Sheridan Park Elementary |
| Coral Cove Elementary | McNicol Middle | Silver Lakes Elementary |
| Coral Park Elementary | Meadowbrook Elementary | Silver Lakes Middle |
| Cresthaven Elementary | Miramar High | Silver Shores Elementary |
| Croissant Park Elementary | Mirror Lake Elementary | South Broward High |
| Crystal Lake Middle | Morrow Elementary | Stephen Foster Elementary |
| Cypress Run Education Center | New Renaissance Middle | Stirling Elementary |
| Deerfield Beach Elementary | New River Middle | Stranahan High |
| Deerfield Beach High | Nob Hill Elementary | Sunland Park Elementary |
| Deerfield Park Elementary | North Andrews Gardens Elementary | Sunrise Middle |
| Dillard Elementary | North Fork Elementary | Sunshine Elementary |
| Dillard High | North Lauderdale Elementary | Thurgood Marshall Elementary |
| Discovery Elementary | Northeast High | Village Elementary |
| Dolphin Bay Elementary | Northside Elementary | Walker Elementary |
| Driftwood Elementary | Nova, Blanche Forman Elementary | Welleby Elementary |
| Endeavour Primary Learning Ctr | Nova, Eisenhower Elementary | West Hollywood Elementary |
| Fairway Elementary | Oakland Park Elementary | Westpine Middle |
| Flamingo Elementary | Oakridge Elementary | Westwood Heights Elementary |
| Forest Hills Elementary | Olsen Middle | William Dandy Middle |
| Glades Middle | Oriole Elementary | Wilton Manors Elementary |
| Gulfstream Academy at Hallandale | Orange Brook Elementary | Wingate Oaks Center |
| Gulfstream Early Learning Center | Park Lakes Elementary | Winston Park Elementary |
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