Director's Message

School Lunch:  Good for Kids and Good for your Wallet   

As the cost of everything increases – there is one meal that is still a great value: both nutritionally and economically!  School Lunch is still an incredible bargain costing only $2.50 for elementary students and $3.00 for secondary students.

Every School Lunch Includes Five Food Groups:

• Milk
• Vegetables
• Fruit
• Grains
• Meat or protein alternate

Save Money:  Eat School Lunch

• On average it costs less to buy a school lunch than to bring a lunch from home. 

There is Such a Thing as Free Lunch (and a Reduced Price One Too)

• All children at participating schools may purchase meals through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)
• Families with incomes at or below 130% and 185 % of the poverty level are eligible for reduced-price meals; these students are charged $.40 for a full lunch.

Healthy Meals Feed Eager Minds

• School meals consist of no more than 30% of calories from fat and no more than 10% from saturated fat.
• Students who eat school lunches consume fewer calories from fat than students who bring lunch from home.
• NSLP participants have substantially lower intakes of added sugar than do non-participants.
• Compared to lunches from home, school lunches contain:
  • Three times as many dairy products
  • Twice as much fruit
  • Seven times the vegetable amounts

For more information contact Suzanne Lugotoff at 640-4300 ext. 1079 or the School Nutrition Association servicecenter@schoolnutrition.org (703) 739-3900

*Information from:  School Nutrition Association

"We are here for your kids!"