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St. Ambrose School
Hot Lunch Program
2008-09 |
Click
here for more information on our hot lunch program including how to set
up a hot lunch account..
NEW MAY 2008: Use
PAYPAMS.COM to manage your child's meal account. View account balances,
receive low balance e-mail reminders and make deposits into the meal
account. Go to www.paypams.com
to learn more!
September 2008:
We are excited that our hot lunch program continues to be
provided by the North Colonie Central Schools Food Service
Department. This will be our sixth year with North Colonie and their
hot lunch
program has been very successful. The program benefits our school
in several ways:
Nutritious lunches – the lunch program is part of the
National School Lunch Program regulated by the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA). This means that the lunch
meals meet one-third of the recommended daily allowances for
protein, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, calcium and calories.
Lower cost – North Colonie uses a meal account
system and parents have 2 payment options:
Payment Option 1: Pre-pay (deposit) $40.00 into your
child’s meal account. This will purchase 20 lunches plus 1 free
bonus lunch. This is a $2.00 savings over Option 2. To
begin a meal account for your child, make checks payable to "North Colonie
Central Schools Food Service" (NCCS Food Service) and bring them to
the St. Ambrose School Office. If you are sending the check into
school with your child, please mark the envelope "Hot Lunch Meal
Account" and include your child's name and grade on the
envelope.
Payment Option 2: Pay cash for meals. For those paying
cash, meal price is $2.00. This money can be sent in with our
child on the days they will be purchasing lunch.
Regardless of which payment option you choose, the price includes
entrée, side dish, milk (white, chocolate or skim) and fruit.
Greater selection – each day our students will be able to
choose from 2 different hot entrees plus a side dish and
assorted fruit and milk. PB&J and box lunch are available daily
also.
Other things you should know about the hot lunch program:
- Students with a pre-paid meal account will be given a
personalized pin number to purchase their meal.
- Snack items are also available for purchase after
hot lunches are served. The snack list is subject to change but
the list below should give you an idea of selection and pricing.
Snacks may not be purchased through the meal account.
| Baked Chips |
$0.55 |
|
Fruit Snacks (large) |
$0.85 |
| Twix |
$0.35 |
|
Fruit Roll Up |
$0.50 |
| Bottled Water |
$0.85 |
|
Fruit Snacks (small) |
$0.25 |
| Milk (choc/white) |
$0.50 |
|
Cookies/buddy bar |
$0.25 |
- If your child brings in lunch from home, they may still purchase
milk at school. Price per carton is $0.50.
- If you have set up a prepay account, a note will go home with your
child when your balance reaches 5-8 lunches.
- Lunch orders will be taken in homeroom at the start of each day.
It is important that your child knows if (and what) he/she is ordering
that day. If your child will be coming in late, please make sure they
bring their lunch or that you have called the school office by 9:00
a.m. with your child's lunch order.
- In order to facilitate this program we provide names and
addresses of our families to North Colonie Schools Food Service
Department. North Colonie assures us that this information is used
in the strictest confidence, in accordance with State Education
Department regulations, and ONLY for the purpose of administering
the lunch program.
Children from households
that meet Federal income guidelines are eligible for free or reduced
price meals.
We look forward to another successful year with our hot lunch
program beginning the first day of school in the Fall 2008!
Last Updated
01/04/2009
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