Meal Program
BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PROGRAM
We provide the opportunity for a hot lunch and breakfast for all students. Children may purchase a school prepared meal or bring a sack lunch from home. Journey is a participant in the Free and Reduced Federal Lunch and Breakfast Program. If qualifications are met under federal guidelines, you may opt to participate in this program. Applications are available online at the start of school and may be filled out at any time during the year if financial conditions change. Since guidelines change, a new application must be made each year. The income statements on these applications are subject to review. Breakfast and lunch menus are available online at the district website under the Food Services webpage.
When a child eats lunch or breakfast at school, he/she will not be allowed to leave the school grounds during the eating period unless checked out by a parent and/or designee.
Soda, diet soda and energy drinks are not allowed at Journey. The rapid spike in blood sugar affects a child’s ability to focus and learn while his/her body is dealing with the aftermath. Sodas, diet sodas and energy drinks that are brought to school will be confiscated. The student may retrieve them from the office after school. Please help us by having a conversation with your child about the health concerns surrounding these beverages.
Soda contains zero nutrients, and is high in calories and sugar. Studies show a strong link between soda consumption and childhood obesity.
Soda suppresses the appetite so kids are less likely to eat nourishing foods.
Caffeine is known to create physical dependence and upsets the normal balance of chemistry in the developing brains of children. Energy drinks contain high and sometimes unregulated amounts of caffeine.
The following procedure should be followed for payment of money and record keeping. This will help us in ensuring you receive proper credit for paid lunches.
A child may buy just milk for $0.50 if a sack lunch is brought or they would like an extra milk with lunch. (One milk is included with hot lunch.) Milk cannot be charged. The student must have cash or a balance of at least $0.50 in their account to purchase milk.
Meal prices are: $1.80 for Breakfast and $2.95 for lunch (prices are subject to change at the beginning of each school year). Lunches may be paid for daily, weekly, or monthly. We would prefer lunches to be paid for by the week or the month.
Any unused lunches will be credited to your child’s account, and can be applied to the next week or month. Absences are not charged against your child’s account, but are simply carried over to when the child is in attendance.
Checks and cash are accepted when paying at the school. You must use the online payment, My School Bucks, to use a credit or debit card. However, it could take up to an hour to process before showing up on your students account, so please do it in advance so that your student will be able to eat at the correct time and avoid confusion for staff and students. Please, do not include money for other expenses (books, pictures, fines, etc. when writing a check for lunches.) However, one check for all children in a family is acceptable.
If your child does not have breakfast or lunch money and needs to charge a meal, he or she may not do this more than twice before the bill must be paid in full. The school will provide an alternative meal until such time as this bill is paid. PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH BREAKFAST AND LUNCH, NOT THE SCHOOL.
If financial conditions become stressed, applications for free or reduced lunches are available upon request at any time. Swift and confidential attention will be given all applications. It is advisable, if this should happen, that you complete the lunch form right away. Any lunches charged to your child(ren) before the processing of the form will have to be paid for.
Good manners, courtesy, and proper behavior not only make the cafeteria a more pleasant and appetizing place to eat, they also make it a safer place. The building rules apply to the lunchroom (see Discipline section).
Breakfast: All Students, 8:00 to 8:30 AM
Lunch: Village rotations:
Kindergarten/1st Grade 11:10 AM to 11:50 AM
2nd/ 3rd Grade 11:50 AM -12:30 PM
4th/5th Grade 12:30-1:10 PM
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