Dear Parents and Guardians:
The Food service staff have worked hard this last year to increase the amount of local food we provide, as well as more scratch made meals and fresh fruit and veggies.
We have some exciting things happening this year. First, our menus will be available on -line and through an app with a Menu program called Health e Pro.
You will be able to look at the nutritional content of what your child is eating as well as allergen information.
We are starting with lunch menus and do plan to add Breakfast later. Our menus rotate and are seasonally driven. Each month we have a chef’s choice and Local day set aside to plan and focus and Maines bounty including some locally sourced ground beef. We have enrolled in the Harvest of the month and Farm and Sea to School.
Last but certainly not least, as with last year Maine is providing free school meals to all students.
Please note below.
RSU 19 has one or more schools that participate in Special Provision II or Community Eligible Provision. This alternative is referred to as Provision II or CEP. All students enrolled in the schools listed below may participate in the School Breakfast Program and the National School Lunch Program at no charge. Household applications may not be required to receive free meals this year but forms like applications may be distributed by the school to collect household income data for other programs that require this information, such as Federal Title programs.
All students will be served breakfast and lunch at no charge at Nokomis, HS/MS, Sebasticook Elementary, Somerset Elementary and Etna/ Dixmont School.
Studies show that children who are not hungry perform better in school. By providing both breakfast and lunch at no cost to students, we are helping to create a better learning environment.
The school meals that we serve follow U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines for healthy school meals. The School Breakfast and Lunch Programs cannot succeed without your support; please encourage your children to take part in the school meals programs.
The application requesting economic information supports many programs at our schools which helps reduce the local tax. Please complete and return the forms. Only one per family is needed.
Sincerely
Lorey Duprey
Food Service Director RSU 19
(207)355-3613