About the Program
Lunch will be $2.90 for full price.
Free and Reduced priced meals applications can be filled out at any point throughout the school year. Please click the button below to print out and application. Applications are also located in the school office.
All of our menus comply with the USDA national standards set for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Each student must take all items including: Milk, Grain, Meat/Meat Alternate, Vegetable, and Fruit.
Please feel free to contact me any time with any questions or concerns that you may have.
Elizabeth Huber
Food Service Director
ehuber@stcatherineearlyed.org
Lunch will be $2.90 for full price.
Free and Reduced priced meals applications can be filled out at any point throughout the school year. Please click the button below to print out and application. Applications are also located in the school office.
All of our menus comply with the USDA national standards set for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Each student must take all items including: Milk, Grain, Meat/Meat Alternate, Vegetable, and Fruit.
Please feel free to contact me any time with any questions or concerns that you may have.
Elizabeth Huber
Food Service Director
ehuber@stcatherineearlyed.org
Allergies and Dietary Restrictions
MEAL SUBSTITUTIONS FOR MEDICAL OR SPECIAL DIETARY REASONS
Students who have dietary restrictions, considerations, modifications, allergies etc. must have dietary restrictions, modifications and allergies presented with a physician’s statement identifying the food(s) to be avoided, added or modified due to a health concern or diagnosis. St. Catherine Early Childhood Education Center will accommodate needs in accordance with the physician plan. Dietary restrictions, considerations, modifications, allergies not accompanied with a physician diagnosis and plan will be accommodated at the school’s discretion.
Life-Threatening Allergies
USDA Regulation 7 CFR Part 15b requires substitutions or modifications in school meals for children whose disabilities restrict their diets. A child with a disability must be provided substitutions in foods when that need is supported by a signed statement from a licensed physician.
If your child has a life-threatening allergy/disability related to consuming milk (anaphylaxis), we can make a meal substitution for your child. In order to do so we must obtain a medical note from a licensed physician that describes the child’s condition. Obtaining the physician’s phone number may help if you have questions.
The physician’s statement must identify:
Non-Life-Threatening Allergies
Generally, children with food sensitivities or intolerances do not have a disability as defined under either Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act or Part B of IDEA, and the school food service may, but is not required to, make food substitutions for them. However, when in the licensed physician’s assessment, food allergies may result in severe, life-threatening (anaphylactic) reactions, the child’s condition would meet the definition of “disability”, and the substitutions prescribed by the licensed physician must be made.
Fluid Milk/Lactose Intolerance (Non-life-threatening)
Allergies that are not life-threatening are considered special dietary needs, but not disabilities. School nutrition programs are not required to make food substitutions for students with special dietary needs that are not a disability. However, if the licensed physician determines that a child’s food allergy may result in severe, life-threatening (anaphylactic) reactions, the child’s condition would meet the definition of a “disability” and substitutions prescribed by the licensed physician must be made.
St Catherine of Siena Early Childhood Education Center’s school food program will make accommodations for milk substitutions for non-life-threatening conditions. The only milk substitutions that can be offered are lactose free milk or a soy milk. The specific brand may vary. There is a form that can be completed by the parent to request a fluid milk substitution. Please contact the school office for this form. Or get a copy at the link below.
Students who have dietary restrictions, considerations, modifications, allergies etc. must have dietary restrictions, modifications and allergies presented with a physician’s statement identifying the food(s) to be avoided, added or modified due to a health concern or diagnosis. St. Catherine Early Childhood Education Center will accommodate needs in accordance with the physician plan. Dietary restrictions, considerations, modifications, allergies not accompanied with a physician diagnosis and plan will be accommodated at the school’s discretion.
Life-Threatening Allergies
USDA Regulation 7 CFR Part 15b requires substitutions or modifications in school meals for children whose disabilities restrict their diets. A child with a disability must be provided substitutions in foods when that need is supported by a signed statement from a licensed physician.
If your child has a life-threatening allergy/disability related to consuming milk (anaphylaxis), we can make a meal substitution for your child. In order to do so we must obtain a medical note from a licensed physician that describes the child’s condition. Obtaining the physician’s phone number may help if you have questions.
The physician’s statement must identify:
- The child’s disability
- An explanation of why the disability restricts the child’s diet
- The major life activity affected by the disability
- The food or foods to be omitted from the child’s diet, and the food or choice of food that must be substituted
Non-Life-Threatening Allergies
Generally, children with food sensitivities or intolerances do not have a disability as defined under either Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act or Part B of IDEA, and the school food service may, but is not required to, make food substitutions for them. However, when in the licensed physician’s assessment, food allergies may result in severe, life-threatening (anaphylactic) reactions, the child’s condition would meet the definition of “disability”, and the substitutions prescribed by the licensed physician must be made.
Fluid Milk/Lactose Intolerance (Non-life-threatening)
Allergies that are not life-threatening are considered special dietary needs, but not disabilities. School nutrition programs are not required to make food substitutions for students with special dietary needs that are not a disability. However, if the licensed physician determines that a child’s food allergy may result in severe, life-threatening (anaphylactic) reactions, the child’s condition would meet the definition of a “disability” and substitutions prescribed by the licensed physician must be made.
St Catherine of Siena Early Childhood Education Center’s school food program will make accommodations for milk substitutions for non-life-threatening conditions. The only milk substitutions that can be offered are lactose free milk or a soy milk. The specific brand may vary. There is a form that can be completed by the parent to request a fluid milk substitution. Please contact the school office for this form. Or get a copy at the link below.
School Meals Program information
Civil Rights and Nondiscrimination Statement
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
- mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or - fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or - email:
program.intake@usda.gov
School Meal Charge Policy
In an attempt to make certain no student goes without lunch, we allow students to charge for meals and
carry a balance with no limit to the number of charges. They will receive the same meal being served as
all other students. We will feed students and settle financial matters with parents/guardians later.
Monthly invoices are sent home to families with any lunch account balances that are still owed.
Balances are kept on the account until they are paid. Free and Reduced Priced Meal Applications are
available in the school office and can be completed at any time throughout the school year. If families
need to they may set up a payment plan with the school office to pay off any school meal debts on their
account. At the end of the school year any unpaid meal charges are carried forward to the next school
year. These balances must be paid to prevent delays in registration.
In an attempt to make certain no student goes without lunch, we allow students to charge for meals and
carry a balance with no limit to the number of charges. They will receive the same meal being served as
all other students. We will feed students and settle financial matters with parents/guardians later.
Monthly invoices are sent home to families with any lunch account balances that are still owed.
Balances are kept on the account until they are paid. Free and Reduced Priced Meal Applications are
available in the school office and can be completed at any time throughout the school year. If families
need to they may set up a payment plan with the school office to pay off any school meal debts on their
account. At the end of the school year any unpaid meal charges are carried forward to the next school
year. These balances must be paid to prevent delays in registration.