Contact Us Students must go to school with minds and bodies ready to take advantage of the learning environment schools work so hard to prepare. The school environment plays a vital role in shaping students nutritional health throughout the growing years and into their adult life. The programs offered by the Institute support schools in their efforts to integrate nutritional education and services into comprehensive health education, food service, school health and physical education programs. The audience for the Institute includes teachers of health, consumer and family studies, biology and physical education, school food service directors, managers and cooks, school nurses and other professionals working in schools to improve the nutritional health of Massachusetts school children.
Programs are available and accessible to all involved in child nutrition programs.
The mission of the John Stalker Institute is to provide programs on nutrition and health promotion, in conjunction with the comprehensive school health model, using an interdisciplinary, collaborative team approach. The Institute offers conferences, programs, and courses, and a lending library for teachers, school food service personnel, health educators, child nutrition professionals, and other members of the school community. Our Mission changed in 1996 to include all workers in the school community. Since 1988 a variety of workshops have been provided for both educators and food service. Mr. John C. Stalker John Stalker was the Director of the Massachusetts Bureau of Nutrition Education and School Food Services between 1945 and 1982.