Lunch and Snacks

Lunch and Lunch Money

If you ask a first grader what their favorite thing is to do at school, almost always the answer is lunch or recess. To make sure these remain favorites, a little bit of planning is required. If your child will be eating school lunch, please make sure lunch money is placed in your child’s lunch account. You can send in cash or a check to be deposited in your account or you can access the account online payment by clicking here. Students are given a lunch code to access and pay for meals at school. We will send this code home. Please practice it with your child. 

We suggest that you discuss the purchase of snacks with your child. Snacks are available every day in the lunchroom and are an additional cost. We are scheduled for a 25-minute lunch at 11:05am. You are always welcome to join your child for lunch. After lunch each day the children are taken outside for a 20-minute recess.  CLICK HERE to get lunch menus and detailed lunch and breakfast information.

Snack Recess

We have snack time during our morning recess and afternoon read-aloud. This is to ensure that instructional time is not interrupted by being hungry. We encourage you to send in two SMALL, HEALTHY snacks each day that your child can open independently. Snacks should be easy to eat and require little or no cleanup.  

Water Bottles

Please send your child to school with a water bottle each day. If possible, choose a water bottle that your child does not need to unscrew the lid to get a drink.  This will help to reduce spills in the classroom. We ask that bottles be filled with water, please, and no other beverages!  We have water bottle refilling stations that the kids can use to refill when needed.

Allergies

If your child has ANY food allergies, please notify the school nurse and your child’s teacher BEFORE the first day of school. Occasionally, we will cook or have class activities that involve food and it is so important for us to know about allergies.