Lunch and Snack
- whole or enriched grains (e.g., whole-grain bread, cereal, crackers, pretzels)
- protein (e.g., hummus, sliced lean meats, yogurt or yogurt-based dips, cheese, nuts)
- produce (i.e., vegetables and fruit)
- a whole or enriched grain (e.g., whole-grain bread, cereal, crackers, pretzels)
- a protein (e.g., hummus, sliced lean meats, yogurt or yogurt-based dips, cheese, nuts)
- two selections of produce (i.e., vegetables and fruit)
Lunch and Snack Supply Options
We strive to inspire environmental sustainability and stewardship as a Green and Healthy School. One way we practice this is through our waste management program. Did you know that recycling plastic is not the first step to environmental sustainability? In efforts to help our planet, we are finding new ways to reduce and reuse!
Eco Lunches and Snacks Suggestions
Please pack your child a healthy and nutritious snack and lunch daily in their lunchbox. Below you may find ideas from our Green Team on how to pack to reduce plastic waste.
- Gogurt is considered more of a dessert than a healthy snack and creates a lot of plastic waste. Try Chobani
- Sending in the appropriate portions helps to reduce food waste.
- Buy cheeses as one large block that may be cut instead of individually wrapped.
- Applesauce is not fresh fruit and uses packaging.
Other things to remember when packing lunch and snack
- Nutritious
- Ready to eat (cut block of cheese into cubes, fresh apples into slices, carrots cut into strips)
- Fruit (at least two days) and vegetables (at least three days)
- No nuts or nut products (please read labels carefully)
- Since all food will be kept individually, students may bring nut products unless a severe allergy in the class makes airborne particles a risk. Any such restrictions should be communicated to families before the start of school.
Snack supports a healthy diet and follows state licensing regulations. Snack shall include two of the following:
- Dairy (cheese, yogurt, or cream cheese)
- Bread/Grains (whole grain bread, cereals, crackers, pretzels)
- Fresh fruit/vegetables (apples, bananas, oranges, melon, cucumber, carrots, celery)
- Protein (hummus, deli meat slices, yogurt).
Read the research project from our 2018-2019 Green Team:
During the school year of 2018-2019, our Green Team noticed that, at times, our trash was heavier than our recycling. They educated the school about what we may recycle and helped students develop recycling signs to remind them about what waste goes where. Did you know that plastic forks and spoons may not be recycled? Because of their size, the recycling company that sorts all of our recycling can not recover any of these plastic items as they are too small and fall through the machinery. The team also discovered that something is only recyclable if a company is willing to purchase recycled goods. For example, aluminum cans may be recycled over and over and can be created into something new however other products, like plastic, are not being recycled as successfully; therefore, the team looked to a new way of looking at our waste. Let's first reduce, reuse, and then recycle.
Click the links below to learn more:
National Geographic, Planet or Plastic?
NPR, Where Will Your Plastic Trash Go Now That China Doesn't Want It?