Nutrition & Snacks
Breakfast is your child's most important meal. Please ensure that your child eats a nutritious breakfast.
Parents of children in all classes are asked to participate in providing snack on a rotating basis throughout the year. This extra help from parents is most appreciated and provides an opportunity for each child to share with classmates. A snack schedule will be distributed to each class as well as lists of recommended foods and beverages. Whole grain crackers or bread, a variety of raw fruits, nuts and vegetables are recommended.
Morning snacks are available between 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Children with food allergies may be asked to bring their own snacks. Students in the Afternoon Extended Day will be provided a light snack.
Please use the following Snack Foods suggestion list:
Fresh Fruit: apples, bananas, oranges, pears, seedless grapes, melon, pineapple, etc.
Dried Fruit: apricots, apples, bananas, raisins, and figs
Crackers & Breads: whole wheat bread, sesame breadsticks, plain rice cakes, muffins, and bagels
Nuts & Seeds: almonds, pecans, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, peanuts (DO NOT send nuts to the Toddler class)
Fresh Vegetables: carrots, cucumber, bell peppers, celery, radishes, yellow squash, broccoli, etc.
Miscellaneous: cheese, natural peanut butter, honey, cream cheese, plain popcorn, granola. (No popcorn for the Toddler class)
Lunch
Parents send lunch from home for all students. A healthy, nutritional lunch and snack provide children with the energy necessary to focus and concentrate on their work. Please consider including food from all of the food groups when packing your child’s lunch and only include a small dessert; or better yet save sweets as treats to be enjoyed at home. Parents are encouraged to provide a lunch of reasonable size. Please do not confuse quantity with quality. Send only as much food as your child will eat. Half a sandwich, half a banana, and a wedge of vegetable may be sufficient for a primary child.
Please pack your child's lunch in a labeled lunch box that can be opened easily.
Please select simple unadorned lunch boxes for your child's lunch. To help broaden our children's awareness of ecology and recycling, please use reusable food containers. Please avoid using prepackaged drinks and lunches that usually come in non-recyclable containers. A large part of your child's education focuses on caring for the earth. Please help them to learn to be earth friendly.