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World School Milk Day

 

On the last Wednesday in September of each year over 40 countries around the world celebrate World School Milk Day. The 14th Annual World School Milk Day (WSMD) will be celebrated on Wednesday, September 25th, 2013.

What is World School Milk Day?

World School Milk day is an international, annual event that celebrates the importance of school milk in children's diets. WSMD highlights the importance of dairy foods in the diet of children. Countries throughout the world celebrate World School Milk Day on the last Wednesday of every September. When you celebrate WSMD in your school, you know that children all around the world are also celebrating on the same day!

The first World School Milk Day (WSMD) was celebrated in 2000 and has since become an annual event with a growing number of countries joining in on the celebration. The Food and Agriculture Organization's goal is to provide a particular day when attention is focused on school milk and to have all countries celebrating on the same day.

 

Haynes Bridge Middle School Creates WSMD Masterpieces


According to Haynes Bridge Middle School Cafeteria Manager Gena Tatum, World School Milk Day provides one of the best opportunities for students to get involved.

This year, Ms. Tatum took the school's event to another level. Tatum decorated the cafeteria with a number of milk posters and a trivia bulletin board. A "photo day" allowed students to take milk mustache pictures for the bulletin board. Students and staff members were invited to dress in the color of their favorite flavor of milk.

What made this year different, though, was the integration of the art class with the event. Tatum approached Haynes art teacher Susan Schofield about providing decorated milk cartons for the festivities. The idea was welcomed by Schoefield.
"I went to the High Museum in the fall," Schofield said. "I saw a piece of work there by an artist named El Anatsui from Ghana. I was inspired by his work with recycling materials and by the relationship of his work with African textiles. When Ms. Tatum suggested the art class do an artwork for WSMD, I knew the project I wanted to accomplish."

        


Check out the World School Milk Day photo gallery HERE!