HOT LUNCH PROGRAM

For an extra charge, parents may sign up for our Hot Lunch Program.

A delicious and well-balanced lunch and two snacks a day is prepared fresh daily and delivered to the school doors by Deli Beli Gourmet catering. Milk/ Juice, fresh fruits and vegetables are included in the menus and all hot foods are either oven-baked or steamed to maintain the maximum amount of nutrients. Menus are published on a monthly basis and will be e-mailed to parents.

YOUR OWN LUNCHES / SNACKS

As children in other than kindergarten grades are often hungry by morning recess, we encourage parents to provide a nutritious snack in lunch boxes, in addition to a lunch suitable to your child's appetites and needs.

Please provide your child with a boxed lunch in a non-glass container. Plastic lunch boxes are more suitable than brown bags. If your child brings a thermos to school, please check to see that the thermos does not leak and that the lid comes off easily.

Please be sure to mark your child's lunch box with her or his name and grade.

Do not include napkins and eating utensils.

Do not include food with a high sugar content (e.g. candy, cookies, chocolate, soda, etc.) Foods which are high in sugar or caffeine or which provide only "empty" calories may temporarily relieve hunger but do not sustain energy and often make children agitated.

Nutrition clearly influences the behavior and learning of children.

Here are some examples of healthy and easy to eat foods which provide energy throughout the day :

• Milk and milk products such as yogurt and cheese.

• Raw fruits and vegetables: celery chunks with peanut butter, carrot sticks, green pepper slices, apple slices.

• Crackers (especially whole grain), rice cakes.

• Whole wheat and other whole grain breads.

• Fresh fruits in season or 100% fruit juices.

• Nuts or sunflower seeds.

• Cheerios or other low-sugar, high protein cereals in a plastic bag.