Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Proper nutrition aids learning

(Found on the Calgary Herald website)

Every day, nearly half of the 44 students at Our Lady of Lourdes School get a free, healthy lunch.

Otherwise, they'd go hungry.

Our Lady of Lourdes is a school for students from Grades 1 to 12 with special education needs: one group has autism spectrum disorder; the other has severe emotional and behavioural disorders.

Compounding their problems, many come from families unable to provide proper nutrition.

Read the full story here.

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