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10/01/2021

Efficient Cafeteria Management: 5 Best Practices for School Cafeterias

With more and more students returning to school, it is essential to review school cafeteria practices to ensure the safety of students, staff, and faculty. The best school cafeteria practices include hygienic food preparation, proper food storage, and cafeteria cleanliness. This guide explains how schools can incorporate certain practices to maintain an efficient cafeteria environment. Besides food safety, we also focus on the need for social distancing and ventilation.

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05/16/2022

Cashless Campus: Why Schools Benefit from Digital Payments

For many years, schools lagged behind other organizations in implementing digital-first technologies. While many schools replaced chalkboards with smartboards and gave students access to educational apps on tablets, most didn't fully embrace a digital classroom. That all changed when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and forced educators to completely revamp how they taught students who could no longer attend in person. The lightning-fast adoption of fully remote and hybrid school payment technology resulted in continued classroom digitization even though schools are back to in-person learning. But despite their amazing responsiveness and resiliency in meeting the needs of their students via digitization, most schools were behind in handling administrative tasks such as student lunch ordering and payment systems. These manual, or legacy, systems drained school resources and teachers' time.

09/21/2022

Field Trip Lunches: The Cheat Sheet

Field trips are an exciting way for school-aged kids to shake up their daily routine and have a fun learning experience outside the classroom. For many children, these thrill-packed getaways are the highlight of the school year. But kids are bound to get hungry at some point while on an adventure with their peers and teachers. A proper box lunch will help ensure your child has enough energy to make it through the day and assimilate all the new knowledge they'll get. If you're struggling to find appropriate yet fun ideas for field trip lunches, read on.

10/01/2021

Efficient Cafeteria Management: 5 Best Practices for School Cafeterias

09/07/2022

10 School Fundraising Ideas

Education professionals work hard to give the best education to their students. School staff and administrators focus on providing students with everything they need to succeed. However, schools are often underfunded and need find supplemental ways to raise money for school activities and clubs. Many schools have found the most efficient way to do this is through school fundraising. Fundraising activities bring the community together to raise money for students and schools.

02/16/2022

6 Reasons to Create an Online School Store

An online school store can do so much more than showcase T-shirts in your school colors. It can also be the first step toward creating a paperless experience for parents and streamlining various administrative activities. Here are 6 things you can do with an online school store from Boonli.

02/03/2022

What's in a Healthy School Lunch?

Healthy school lunches help children function at their best throughout the day. Although eating a wide variety of nutritious foods is the key to good health, it can be challenging to convince picky eaters to try new foods. School-aged children are starting to make more independent choices. Encouraging healthy eating habits now can set children up for a lifetime of good decisions