Public
Act 06-63
Students can participate
in the school lunch debit program. Download a form
(pdf) located on each lunch menu page and send
in with a check or cash to the school cafeteria
staff.
Monthly lunch menus
are available for each level- links are to the
left. In addition, a printable pdf version is available
at each site.
Healthy
Choices are now offered at all lunches
- Baked chips: All flavors,
offered at the Middle and High schools.
- Spinach wrap sandwiches
offered at the Middle and High schools.
- Fruit snacks offered at
the Elementary, Middle and High schools
- 100 % Fruit Smoothie offered
at the Middle and High schools.
- All 100 % Juice choices
in all Trumbull Schools.
- Strawberry: Milk
flavor.
- Spring Water: All schools.
- New Menu: Yogurt with String
cheese, Bagel, Veggie Sticks, Fruit and Milk
Choice offered at Elementary and
Middle schools.
- Vending Machines operated
by the Food Services Dept. will offer 100 %
Fruit Juice, Spring Water. Assorted Baked Chips, Fruit Snacks, Trail Mix, Granola Bars, Raisins,
and Power Bars.
- Soft Pretzels offered at
the Middle and High schools.
- Elementary Schools will
sell Popcorn, Pretzels. No Potato Chips.
- Individual serving packages
of carrots sticks, Elementary and Middle schools.
School lunch is a great option for
busy families. Meals provided through your school
are part of the National School Lunch Program. That
means: School lunches provide one-third of the child’s
daily needs for calories and key nutrients.
- Foods are provided from the
five food groups.
- Meals must meet the recommendations
of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
- Nutrient analysis of meals is
averaged over the course of a week.
- Meals may not contain more than
30% of calories from fat.
- No more than 10% of calories
from saturated fat.
 These
days, kids will find some of their favorite foods
on the lunchroom serving lines, from crisp main dish
salads, to nachos and yogurt and baked French fries.
School food service works hard to make food tasty,
appealing and convenient, offering easy options like
grab-and-go sandwiches and more. Recent studies show
that school lunches can be a healthy alternate for
parents looking for convenient, inexpensive and nutritionally
sound choices for their kids.
Eating
Breakfast is a good start for any Day!
- Breakfast provides us energy after
overnight fasting.
- Breakfast provides essential nutrients
for our development.
- Eating breakfast and good performance
go together. If you eat breakfast, you can concentrate
more, get higher marks on examinations, and have
a better memory.
- Students who eat breakfast
have less health problems (e.g. headaches, stomachache).
- People who eat breakfasts
often have healthier diets overall.
A regular breakfast habit is a good
habit! If you don’t eat breakfast every day,
train yourself to do it, and you’ll feel so
good about yourself, getting all the benefits!
Tips for Packing a healthy lunch
- Thoroughly wash and dry your hands
before handling food.
- Clean work surfaces and equipment.
- Check “use-by” and “best
before” dates on food
packaging. Do not use food with an out of
date “use-by” date.
- Wash all salad items under cold
running water.
- Keep raw and cooked foods separate
in covered containers.
- Keep sandwiches cold with a cool
pack in the lunch box. Sandwiches should be made
fresh each morning, however, If made the night
before store in a freezer and put in the Lunch
box in the morning.
- Fruit juice may be frozen and stored
with sandwiches to help keep them cold.
- Temperature Control, keep food cold.
Warm temperatures Encourage bacteria to grow.
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