BIRTHDAY AND PARTY ITEM TREATS/PRIVATE PARTY INVITATIONS
Updated 11/2024
Private Party Invitations: Invitations for private parties may not be given out during the school day unless the entire class is invited.
Due to our primary concern for student safety and the increase in food allergies among children, it is necessary for us to issue the following parameters for classroom celebrations.
Birthday Parties: Food treats for birthday celebrations are not permitted. If you would like to celebrate a child’s birthday, we encourage you to consider non-edible items such as stickers, crayons, pencils, pencil toppers, and bookmarks.
Classroom Parties (Book Character Costume Day, Winter Holiday, Valentine’s Day): Due to allergy concerns, no snacks containing nuts or nut oils are permitted. Only fruit, vegetables, and pre-packaged items in the original packaging with the ingredients clearly listed are permitted. Neither home-baked nor baked goods made by a grocery store are acceptable for classroom parties. Please keep in mind that this list is only considering nut allergies, and some of the foods listed may contain other allergens such as dairy, gluten, and egg (unless otherwise noted). The classroom teachers and school nurse will be responsible for monitoring the ingredient labels of prepackaged food. Classroom teachers, in coordination with the school nurse and principal, will generate a list of acceptable pre-packaged items in consideration of particular known nut allergies of students in the classroom.
(GF)=Gluten Free
Generally acceptable party treats include:
Doritos
Jello Pudding
Combos
Quaker Rice Cakes (GF)
Oreo Cookies
Oreo Cookies Gluten Free (GF)
Twizzlers
Peeps
Swedish Fish (GF)
Kraft Marshmallows
Good’s Super Thin Pretzel Sticks
Fruits and Vegetables (GF) (pre-packaged/bulk)
Made Good Granola Minis (Strawberry/Chocolate Chip/Cookies & Creme) (GF)
Made Good Star Puffed Crackers (Cheddar/Pizza/Sea Salt) (GF)
Made Good Crispy Squares (Vanilla/Strawberry/Chocolate) (GF)
Cheetos Baked Chips (GF)
Snyders Gluten Free Pretzels (GF)
PopCorners (Sea Salt/Kettle Corn/Cinnamon Crunch) (GF)
Quaker Rice Cakes Cheddar (GF)
Good and Gather Fruit Strips (GF)
All Tootsie Roll Industry Products (GF)
Hershey’s Bars Milk & Dark Bars and Kisses (no nut or variety packs) (GF)
Barnum Animal Crackers
VitaCost Veggie Chips (GF)
Just Born Candy Hearts (made in Bethlehem)
Kellogg’s Special K Bars
Fruit Snacks (GF)
Gum
Chex Mix (cheddar)
Slim Jims
Skittles (GF)
Rolos (GF)
Ritz Crackers (original)
Starbursts (GF)
Rice Krispies Treats (pre-packaged)
Jolly Time Simply Popped Sea Salt Microwave Popcorn (GF)
Candy Corn (Coastal Bay brand only)
Hard Candy (Dum Dum pops, Nerds, SweetTarts, Lifesavers, etc)
Enjoy Life Foods Brand -available at Giant, CVS, Wegmans, Whole Foods
LofthouseCookies - available at Giant and Superfoods
Harvest Snaps (GF)
Frito Lay Tostito Scoops (GF)
Keebler Fudge Stripes
String Cheese (GF)
Fruit Roll Ups (GF-Welch’s;General Mills)
Chester’s Puffcorn
Airheads
Gummy Lifesavers (GF)
Pop Tarts without peanut butter
Snyder’s Pretzel Logs
Herr’s Extra Thin Pretzel Sticks
Just Born Jelly Beans (GF)(made in Bethlehem)
Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Crackers (original or cheddar)
Chips Ahoy Cookies (original)
Chips Ahoy Gluten Free (GF)
Pirate Booty (GF)
Free2BFoods - available at Wegmans, and Whole Foods
SkinnyPop Brand popcorn (GF)
Brothers All Natural Fruit Crisps
Late July (All tortilla chips, popcorn and potato chips are certified gluten-free) (GF)
VitaCost Veggie Straws/Sticks (GF)