Ashley – Page 2 – Eat Your Radio

Superfoods – Apples at Ashley

May 13, 2015October 1, 2011 by Shelley Schlender

Superfoods are natural foods high in vitamins, minerals, fiber and other healthy nutrition. In this video, Ashley 5th graders encourage classmates to enjoy apples in the school lunchroom on a Superfoods Day that features Miss Anne Wilson, the Superfoods Lady, dressed up in her apple costume. Ashley broadcast the audio portion of this presentation during … Read more

Walk to School Day

May 13, 2015September 30, 2011 by Shelley Schlender

Students at Ashley Elementary encourage friends and family to join in for national Walk to School Day. The audio version of these announcements broadcast throughout the school on the morning announcements, and here they are as videos for Eat Your Radio. This was also part of “Bike to School” Day. Ashley 5th grade students featured: … Read more

Super Salad Contest – Entry form at Ashley

July 28, 2011 by Shelley Schlender

Editor’s Note: This video shows students sampling the popular, student-invented salads that were featured at Ashley’s International Day. On this day, a big green mailbox was next to the salad bar, along with “voting” forms, and students voted on their favorite salad of the six finalists there at the salad bar. The top fruit … Read more

Singing the Praises of School Breakfast

July 20, 2011 by Shelley Schlender

LISTEN (3 Minutes) One year, Colorado considered cutting funds for the school breakfast program. At the last minute, the funding was allowed to say. Students at Ashley Elementary made up songs, and created this story, that broadcast on KGNU, to explain why they are glad that this program continued. For them, free and reduced breakfast … Read more

Veggies vs Hot Cheetos

June 7, 2010 by Shelley Schlender

LISTEN (3 Minutes) ROCK – Go, go power Rangers! Go, Go, Rock-a-Rock Rock. My name is Rock. I’m a fifth grader and it’s nice to be a fifth grader. Very fun, too. MARIA – My name is Maria. It’s really fun being a fifth grader, especially being in the Eat Your Radio Project. Veggies Veggies … Read more

Cavities and Candy

June 3, 2010 by Shelley Schlender

Ashley Denver Ishmael1 — Ishmael doesn’t want cavities

Ja’Kyra: When Ms. Coburn was little, she ate so much candy all her teeth fell out, and she had to buy some teeth . . .

Ismael: It’s hard because I don’t want to leave candy!

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Dear Dr. Carrot

May 24, 2010 by Dr. Carrot

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Ashley Students talk about Dr. Carrot . . .

. . . and Dr. Carrot’s representative, Miss Max, talks with Ashley students, staff and teachers!

Invent a Salsa!

April 4, 2010 by Shelley Schlender

Ashley Elementary 5th grade class have fun with their teachers making salsa . . . and trying it, too! Recipe: Invent-a-Salsa: Tomato Salsa INGREDIENTS: 4 tomatoes cut into 2 pieces 1 Anaheim chili pepper cut into 4 pieces 1 bell pepper cut into 2 pieces 1 small red onion cut into 4 small pieces (1/12 … Read more

Call-in – Champions of school nutrition

May 13, 2015February 25, 2010 by Shelley Schlender

LISTEN (1 hour) Chef Ann Cooper, Boulder Valley Schools Director of Food Services, Max Young, Integrated Nutrition Education Program representative and spokesperson for Dr. Carrot, and Leo Lesch, Denver Public Schools Director of Food Services. Also on air are Ashley Elementary School 5th grade teachers, Holli Coburn and Robby Herd, who conduct hands-on … Read more

Kids Share Ideas for Healthier Foods

May 13, 2015December 23, 2009 by sarah hughes

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KGNU has spent the last few months working on a special nutrition project with 5th graders at Ashley Elementary School in Denver. Along the way, we’ve had a lot of conversations with these young people about eating healthy– and the CHALLENGES to eating healthy.

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