Parents,
We are hours away from launching our very own school lunch program. Hopefully you have been able to taste some samples at one of our back to school nights. We very excited about our new program. We are preparing homemade, healthy entrees that we feel your children will enjoy.
I wanted to give you some information regarding our new lunch program. Students, Teachers and Parents can order lunch beginning on Monday, August 29th. In order to prepare the correct amount of food we need to know how many entrées to make. In your child's class every day, they will be asked which of 3 options they are choosing. That information will be sent to the office by 9 am every morning. There will be 3 choices every day. You may view a copy of the current menu http://bit.ly/PHSeptLunch. Our salad bar for the elementary is still on its way. Please be aware that means we only have option 1 or 2 everyday for about another week or two. We will let you when you can start asking for orders for option 3. Please let students know they need to pick up the lunch they have ordered. If students change their mind in the lunch line it will make our count short and other students will not get the lunch they ordered. Please make sure you get your order to the kitchen before 9 am the morning you would like to eat with your student.
Many families are asking about free and reduced lunches. We are waiting for approval from the state. We have completed the process on our end and are now awaiting approval from them. We are expecting to receive that approval on Tuesday. Until then we do not have a free or reduced lunch program. As soon as we get approval we will send home the application and begin offering free and reduced lunches as soon as we are allowed.
Students are encouraged to turn in lunch money at the front office in either school. We have a locked box on the wall in both schools. They should deposit their money in the box with their first and last name and grade on the envelope. We accept cash and check. We are working on accepting visa and master card soon as well. When we are ready we will let you know. We track students balances with their SIS number. Your elementary students have a laminated card with his/her SIS number on it. As your students enter the line and head over to "pay" our cashier will collect the SIS cards. These cards should never make it home, we will only be using these cards at school If they lose theirs or take it home we will have a list with each students SIS number. Your jr high student will have their SIS number on their schedule. They can bring their binder with them to lunch room until they memorize their number. We will again have a list in case they do not know what their number is.
Please feel free to contact me at Sonya@providencehall.com or Chef Marty at mrominger@providencehall.
Thanks,
Sonya Peterson
Providence Hall Board of Trustees
Food Program Director
