Elementary breakfast runs from 8:45 to 9:05 and lunchtime is 12:15-1:30 p.m. (30 minute blocks). Classes are assigned to specific tables in the dining room. Good table manners should be practiced while eating. Cafeteria monitors supervise students and help them open difficult containers, etc. Elementary students will be offered soup and crackers, salad, or the full menu at lunchtime. Parents are asked to check the monthly newsletter for the daily menu and plan accordingly. No special diets will be provided. Children are encouraged to bring lunch if they do not like what is on the menu.

Monthly menus are sent home with children on the last Thursday of every month. Parents may pay for lunches in advance by sending in cash or check (WHES) in an envelope with the child’s name and grade and the words LUNCH MONEY on it. Through the use of a roster, the cashier will account for your child’s lunch and remind him/her when money is almost spent.

Charge slips are provided for students who forget their lunch or lunch money. These charges should be paid the next day. A student should have only one charge outstanding at any time. No breakfast charges are available. Parents are responsible for paying all lunch charges incurred by their children. Report cards will be retained on a quarterly basis if charges go unpaid.

Free and Reduced Lunch applications are available in the school office. All applications need to be approved by the Superintendent and remain confidential.

Snack break is part of every class' routine. Children must bring this in from home and it should be nutritious. Classroom teachers will inform you of the process. Children in grades K-3 may purchase snack milk in school. (Milk for snack time must be ordered, in advance, for the week.) Fruit, Jello, cheese & crackers and raw vegetables are suggested as your nutritious snacks that students can bring from home. No snacks are sold to elementary students at mid-morning break.   

Children are to eat their own lunches. Food should not be shared. Please put your child’s name on his/her lunch box and thermos. No glass containers please.

FOOD ALLERGIES

Our K-4 program has several students with severe food allergies. To ensure their safety the K-4 program is “Nut Free”.    All snacks should be from the approved list below.

NUT   FREE   SNACKS

Here is a list of snacks that are known to be 100% nut free.  These are safe to send to school as we do have children with a nut allergy.  This list is fairly extensive and does cover most of what children have brought for snacks in the past.  If you must deviate, please read labels to check for traces of all types of nuts, peanut oil, and peanut flour.  Oreo mint and Snackwells do contain these.  General Mills and Betty Crocker brand products are very clearly labeled and easy to read in terms of containing NUTS or traces of. 

100% NUT FREE SNACKS

                Fruit

                Vegetables/dip

                Cheese

                Cream Cheese      

                Lenders and Thomas Bagels or mini bagels

                Fig Newtons

                Hunts Snack Pudding Pack

                Kelloggs Cereal Snacks – Corn Pops, Fruit Loops, Apple Jacks

                Pretzels – Rold Gold are safe and so are most others

                Wheat Thins – plain only

                Goldfish – No sandwich style

                Club Crackers

                Wheatables brand crackers

                Ritz Crackers – No sandwich style

                Animal Crackers – No Frosted

                Yogurt – Most are OK – No stir-ins

                GoGurts

                Oreos – Plain

                Oreos Double Stuffed

                Uh-Oh Oreos

                Fruit Roll-Ups most are OK

Fruit Snacks – most are OK

                Kelloggs Pop Tarts

                Quaker Fruit Bites

                Quaker Toastables

                Quaker Crispins

                Nutri-Grain Cereal Bars

                Teddy Grahams

                Honey Maid Graham Crackers

                Honey Maid Graham Sticks

                Nabisco Graham Crackers

                Handi Snacks with cheese and red sticks

                Saltine Crackers

                POP-Secret brand popcorn

                Lays brand potato chips – plain only

                Raisins

                Marshmallows

                Tostitos brand tortilla chips

                Smarties candy

                Tootsie Roll Products including pops

                Oscar Meyer brand pre-packaged lunch meats

                Hostess Cup Cakes – (chocolate with white stripe across top)

                Hood Ice Cream cups (Van/Choc)

                Hood ½ gallon ice cream (van/choc/straw)

                Edy’s ice cream (van/choc/straw)

                Breyers ice cream (van/choc/straw)

                Hersheys syrup (choc/straw)

                Cool Whip (any flavor)

                Spray Whipped cream (any brand)

                Aunt Jemima Waffles/French toast (including sticks, dippers)

                Ego brand waffles/French toast/pancakes (including sticks, dippers)

                English Muffins

                Syrup

                Squeezable jelly only

                Bacon, sausage, eggs

                Jello cups – clear only

                Plain Hershey kisses

                Plain Hershey bars

                Starburst fruit chews

                Bubble gum

                Dum-dums

                Skittles

  Please just read the label carefully for any nuts or contaminated by nuts.