2 Jefferson City elementary schools give kids a boost in nutrition

Page Newsome avails herself of a healthy afternoon snack as she works on a project at South Elementary School. She is a fourth-grade student in Angie Clark's classroom.
Page Newsome avails herself of a healthy afternoon snack as she works on a project at South Elementary School. She is a fourth-grade student in Angie Clark's classroom.

Kids are eating their broccoli - even looking forward to it.

Healthy snacks like cubes of cantaloupes or florets of cauliflower are welcomed enthusiastically into classrooms at Jefferson City's South Elementary School three days per week.

"I like cantaloupe; it's juicy and sweet," said fifth-grader Paige Ireland. "(The snack) gets me energized; helps me think better and stuff."

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