Healthy Choices = Healthy Minds & Bodies
Cafeteria Notes
Note to Parents Re:Student Lunch
Accounts
The food service department has
updated
the computer programing used for student accounts. There will no
longer be 3 parts to the account (Lunch, Breakfast and Ala
Carte').
All monies will now be in one account and all purchases will be made
from that account.
As always, if you have questions or concerns please feel free to contact Sue Irby, cafeteria manager.
Childhood obesity and
juvenile diabetes are on the increase and we want to encourage students
to make
healthy choices, beginning the day with breakfast is an excellent start. The demands of the classroom and the learning
process can be difficult for children who are hungry.
A proper breakfast provides the necessary
nutrients to eliminate hunger symptoms such as headaches, fatigue,
sleepiness
and restlessness. We at ARAMARK/YCSD
Foodservice offer various
breakfast programs—either in the cafeteria or in the classroom—to
ensure that
students can start the day off right with a healthy breakfast.
Several studies show that
students who eat breakfast:
1) Score higher
on tests and earn higher grades
2) Have better
concentration in the classroom
3) Have better
attendance and less tardiness
4) Visit the
school nurse less frequently
5) Have fewer behavioral and emotional problems
For the second year
Another way we will
encourage
healthy choices is by focusing on 5 A Day Fruits and Vegetables. We commit to offering a wide variety of
fruits, fresh and canned, and vegetables, fresh and cooked, daily. By choosing wisely and eating what is
chosen, students who purchase breakfast and lunch at school can fulfill
4 of
the 5 recommended servings of fruit and vegetables daily.
In an effort to get the students excited
about eating fruits and vegetables we are going to start “Tasty
Tuesdays”.
Each Tuesday, during lunch, students will be
sampling new fruits and vegetables. We
will offer a new fruit or vegetable each week.
We will choose different tables of students each week to conduct
the sampling.
Our menu will include
additional daily choices of: chef or Caesar salads served with
student’s choice
of fruit and milk; peanut butter and jelly sandwiches served with
student’s
choice of fruit and vegetable and milk; and yogurt meals (4oz serving
of
yogurt, baby carrots w/ranch dressing, crackers, choice of fruit and
milk). We will offer a large variety of
healthy ala carte’ items including 100% fruit juice slushies, and
cookies made
with whole wheat flour. We will limit
the sales of ice cream to Fridays only.
A
reminder about meal accounts: The
If you have any
questions
please feel free to call between the hours of
Breakfast
in the
Classroom Menu
|
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
|
French toast sticks |
Muffin |
Sausage
Biscuit |
PopTart |
Ham Biscuit |
|
Fresh
fruit or Juice |
Fresh
fruit or Juice |
Fresh
fruit or Juice |
Fresh
fruit or Juice |
Fresh
fruit or Juice |
|
Milk |
Milk |
Milk |
Milk |
Milk |
Papaya........Raspberries....
Apricots.....Star
Fruit...
Papaya 
Raspberries
