We look forward to the coming school year at the Winner School District as Lunchtime Solutions continues to provide the food service program in our schools. The purpose of this communication is to provide you with some idea of what to expect from our food service program. If you have any questions or comments about our program, please feel free to contact Pam Day, Food Service Director at 605-212-5404 or pam@lunchtimesolutions.com. For your convenience, our menus are posted monthly on our website.
2012-2013 Prices |
Paid Students |
Reduced Price Students |
Free Students |
Elementary Lunch |
$2.70 |
$0.40 |
$0.00 |
MS/HS Lunch |
$2.80 |
$0.40 |
$0.00 |
Cruisin’ Café Lunch (HS only) |
$4.15 |
$0.40 |
$0.00 |
Extra Lunch Entrée |
$1.55 |
$1.55 |
$1.55 |
Fresh Baked™ Pizza (MS/HS only) |
$1.75 |
$1.75 |
$1.75 |
Extra Cruisin’ Café Entrée (HS only) |
$1.75 |
$1.75 |
$1.75 |
Extra Milk |
$0.45 |
$0.45 |
$0.45 |
ALL CHECKS SHOULD BE MADE OUT TO “Winner School District” |
School Breakfast
Breakfast will be served in the dining are- as before school starts. Please encourage your student to participate in school breakfast. Research studies show that eating breakfast can help students per- form better in the classroom. Breakfast prices are:
Paid Student $1.80
Reduced price Student $.30
Free Student $0
Extra Breakfast Entrée $1.00
School Lunch
School lunch will offer a wide variety of choices for students. Elementary stu- dents have two entrée choices daily, while Middle/High School students are offered three entrée choices daily.
Entrees could include Home-style Chicken
& Noodles, Italian foods, Mexican foods, Chicken Nuggets, Entrée Salads, Wraps and Sub Sandwiches. All meals include an entrée choice, a hot vegetable plus the unlimited Fruit & Veggie Bar, and milk choices.
High School students are also offered the “Cruisin’ Café” Meal, which is a “grab & go” reimbursable meal that offers stu- dents a premium entrée choice, chips, fruit, milk, and a milkshake.
Please feel free to join your child for a meal on any day. The cost for an adult breakfast is $2.00 and an adult lunch is
$3.25 or $4.65 for a Adult Cruisin’ Café
meal. We hope to see you there!
Your Program — Ahead of the Curve on the New Nutritional
Requirements
USDA, Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), published the final ruling for Nutrition Standards last Feb- ruary . Your school meal program is well ahead of the curve and is already in compliance with most all of the newly released meal pattern requirements for lunch:
· Menus already offer fruit daily, in a quantity and variety that greatly exceeds even the new requirements
· Your program already offers all of the required vegetable subgroups weekly
· Your program already offers only fat-free (unflavored or flavored) and low-fat (unflavored) milk
· Menus are already below the saturated fat limit of < 10 % of total calories
· Menus are already zero trans-fat per portion
· Many grains currently offered are whole grain-rich and 100% whole grain, the new require- ments specify that “½ of grains offered must be whole grain-rich”, menus have been adjusted
to offer grains that are whole grain-rich, such as dinner rolls, buns, and pastas.
· One of the changes that the new USDA regulations bring, is that schools will no longer be able to offer bread on the Fruit & Veggie Bar. Students may still have unlimited servings of fruits
and vegetables and are encouraged to do so.
· Another USDA change is lunches must contain a fruit or vegetable (1/2 cup minimum must be on the tray), so cashiers will be assisting students to ensure this is on their trays.
· Breakfast will be incorporating more whole grain-rich menu items to prepare for changes in SY
13-14.
Extra Entrée – Extra Milk
All Students, at an extra cost, can purchase an additional entrée or milk offered as part of the
school lunch program. For example if a student wants a second entrée, or an additional entrée, like a slice of pizza, then that entrée can be selected in the lunch line and charged to the student’s ac- count. Extra entrees are only sold to students who first purchase a school lunch. Again, all stu- dents can have extra servings of canned fruit, fresh fruit and fresh vegetables at no charge. All ex- tra servings of these items are free. If a student is free or reduced they may receive one entrée with their meal but they must have money in their account to purchase any extra entrees.
Unlimited servings of Fruits & Veggies
All students purchasing the regular school lunch may have extra servings from the fruit & veggie bar: fresh fruit, canned fruit and fresh vegetables at no charge. All extra servings of these items are free. Local- ly grown produce is featured when possible in our Farmers Market Selections, along with nutritional information.
Snacks
For Middle School and High School students, there will be a cash snack bar available during the lunch period. Items offered include: fruit drinks, fruit roll-ups, Rice Krispie bars, ice cream novel- ties, and Otis cookies. Elementary students may purchase a milkshake, but only after they first pur- chase a school lunch meal.
School Lunch Account
Families are encouraged to visit with their students about their school lunch account and set any limits necessary. To assist parents with monitoring their student’s lunch account activity, please call the Business Office at 842-8101 and request a detailed statement. All checks for food service should be made out to Winner School District. All students can be informed of their account bal- ance in the lunch line.
Outside Food and Beverage
The District does not allow the delivery of food or beverages from outside vendors or fast food es- tablishments for a student’s breakfast or lunch meal. All meals are to be provided by the District’s School Food Service or a prepared meal from home may be sent with your student. No soda pop is allowed during the breakfast and lunch serving times.
Diet Modifications
Families are responsible for notifying the School Food Service if their child requires a diet modifica- tion because of a life threatening disability. A licensed physician must provide specific written med- ical documentation. Please contact the School Food Service office for more information.
Food Service Advisory Council
To provide feedback to us on how the food service program is working and to advise us on what changes could be made to make it work better, we have established a Food Service Advisory Coun- cil composed of students, faculty, and parents. If you are interested in serving on the Council or have any questions/comments/concerns, please feel free to contact a Council member or call Pam Day, the Food Service Director.