Your child can benefit most from regular participation in school lunch. It can be a valuable part of a child's life.

Components of a lunch?

• Milk - 1/2 pint
• Bread - 8-10 servings per week
• Fruit and/or vegetable - 2 or more servings totaling 3/4 cup
• Meat, fish, poultry, cheese, egg, peanut butter, or dried beans - 2 oz.

Offer vs. Serve

Offer versus serve is a serving method designed to reduce food waste and food cost in the National School Lunch Program. It is an option in our schools in the Cumberland Valley School District. There are five food items in the reimbursable school lunch. Every lunch must have protein, bread or grain, two fruits or vegetables and milk. All students are required to take at least three of the five food items. We would like to encourage all children to eat all five components but they have the option of selecting only three.

Why Should Your Child Participate in the School Lunch?

• It gives your child an opportunity to learn to eat a variety of foods.
• It instills good eating habits in your child.
• It makes sure that your child receives 1/3 of their daily food needs.
• It gives your child the opportunity to acquire social skills by eating with others.
• It builds a foundation to help insure strong bodies and alert minds.

School lunch is a part of the educational program. Providing a nutritional lunch for every student is our goal. The good eating habits formed during the maturing years will last a lifetime.

Questions on menus and our Food Service? 

Please contact Susan Meadows, Food Service Manager.