Nutrition Services

LUNCH / BREAKFAST PROCEDURES

• For account balance please call the Central Kitchen 333-6880

• Meal Prices

• Lunch tickets may be purchased in any quantity you wish. For 5 lunches the price is $6.75

• We urge you to buy tickets on the first school day of the week. It is easier for the children to handle money on that one day than to have to carry money everyday. However, the children may purchase lunches one day at a time as they go through the lunch line.

• In September forms to apply for free or reduced lunches will come home with the children. Please fill this form out and return it even if you are not interested in the free or reduced lunch.

• Children who were on free or reduced lunch last year will automatically be carried this year until September 16th 2004.

• Monthly lunch menus will be sent home the first of each month.

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Breakfast/Lunch Menus         [Top]

Nutrition Service at a Glance

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The National School Lunch Program since 1946 has made it possible for schools throughout the nation to serve wholesome lunches that are designed to meet the nutritional needs of children. These lunches make an important contribution to the good nutrition so vital to children's mental and physical development. Round Valley Schools provide meals that are established on each menu's nutritional value.

Lunch Menu consist of the following: Entrée, Fruit, Vegetable, Bread, Milk. 

A lunch menu is sent home or available from your students school each month. Cost for lunch: Elem. $1.35, Secondary $1.50. Payment made to the school by the WEEK or by the MONTH. We have a no charge policy. Ala-Carte is available at all Secondary schools. Prices vary per food item. There are many choices for students to choose from.

SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM                [Top]

Children who come to school hungry may find it difficult to stay alert and learn. The School Breakfast Program helps close the nutrition gap by providing children with nutritious food before school begins. The program improves the nutrition and dietary practices of students that aids the learning process.

Breakfast cost is $.60

 per meal. Payment made to the school by the WEEK or by the MONTH. Student's who qualify for free and reduced meals for school lunch also qualify and are eligible for the same benefits in the breakfast program.

A monthly menu for breakfast is sent home from the school to inform parents and students of what foods are being served. The program is designed to provide one quarter of the child's recommended daily dietary allowance.

CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS ARE TRYING TO HELP STUDENTS BY:                [Top]

Making available healthy eating choices. Efforts have been made to modify the fat, salt, and sugar in recipes used in the meals that are prepared. The specifications of items purchased are reviewed and where possible selected based on improving the nutritional quality of school meals.

Reinforcing classroom Instruction through having the meals serves as a learning laboratory. More choices in menus are available to students, i.e. fresh fruits and vegetables, entrees, etc.

Promoting nutrition as part of a comprehensive healthy life style program by increasing the awareness of the National Dietary Guidelines as they relate to dietary practices.

MEAL BENEFIT PROGRAM                [Top]

To apply for Free or Reduced price meals. You need to obtain a Meal Benefit Application Form from your student's school.

A new application will need to be filled out at the start of a NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

Only one application per household is required.

Submit the application to your students school.

Applications will be reviewed and an eligibility determination made within 10 operating days of receiving the application.

A letter to your household will be issued from the Central Kitchen notifying you of your student's eligibility.

If your family is on AFDC or Food Stamps a letter (replaces the application) is sent to you around July 15th from the Arizona State Office of Education, please follow the instructions on this letter. The letter must be returned to your student's school or the Child Nutrition Office for your student to be eligible for meal benefits.

Households who meet or are below the Federal Income Guidelines are eligible for either FREE or REDUCED price meals at $.40 for lunch and $.30 for breakfast. Payment for reduced meals can be made by the WEEK or by the MONTH to your student's school.

All Student's within the District, who were eligible the prior school year, will start the new school year with the same eligibility, for a period of 30 School Days or Sept.16 (whichever comes first). After that time if a new application has not been submitted then the student becomes a paying student.

The information that is provided will be treated confidentially and will be used only for eligibility determinations and verification data.

Any questions relative to Meal Benefits or other Programs contact the: Central Kitchen at 333-6880

NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT:                  [Top]

In the operation of Child Nutrition Programs, no child will be discriminated against because of race, sex, color, national origin, age, or disability. Any person who believes that he or she has been discriminated against in any USDA-related activity should write immediately to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250

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Round Valley Central Kitchen serves over 700 lunch meals Daily. Add another 150 students who choose ala-carte. The Program serves approximately 200 breakfast meals daily. The District has four schools serving lunch and two of those schools are serving breakfast. The program has a staff of 16 employees who meet the needs of your children who participate in Child Nutrition Programs.

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The Round Valley School District has entered into an agreement to participate in the National School Lunch Program, and accepts responsibility for providing free and reduced price meals to eligible children in the schools under it's jurisdiction.

 

The School Food Service Program will provide free and reduced price meals to all economically disadvantaged students as determined by the appropriate district official in accordance with family income standards, regulations, and procedures that have been prescribed by the United States Department of Agriculture.

 

Parents or guardians wishing to have their children participate in the program for free and reduced price meals must complete an application form each school year. Application forms are provided by the United States Department of Agriculture and will be available at the beginning of the school year from the Central Kitchen and the school your child will attend.

 

All procedures that the district has agreed to carry out in order to participated in the national school lunch and breakfast programs will be followed.

 

Students are not allowed to charge school lunch unless there is an emergency. If a student has a charge of up to three meals, the student's account will be closed. School lunch personnel should contact parents to inform them of the charge and make arrangements for payment before or during the next lunch period. When the charges are paid, your student's account will be re-opened. Lunch personnel should use extreme caution when allowing students to charge more than one meal.

 

Reduced Information Letter

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If approved for reduced-price meals, cost 40 cents per day for lunch and 30 cents for breakfast.

 

If your child is approved for meal benefits, you must tell the Child Nutrition Services when your household income increases by more than $50 per month ($600 per year) or when your household size decreases.

 

You may reapply for benefits at any time during the school year. If you are not eligible now but have a decrease in household income, become unemployed, or have an increase in household size, fill out an application at that time. Applications are available at each school and the Central Kitchen.

 

If you do not agree with this decision, you may discuss it with the school official and you have a right to a fair hearing. This can be done by calling or writing the following official: Jim Brown, Business Manager, 333-2632

 

The "Other Benefits-Waiver of Rights of Confidentiality" page which accompanied the Free and Reduced-Price Meals Application allows the district to release proof of eligibility for meal benefits directly to directors of the programs you marked. If you were directly certified, you need to complete the "Other Benefits-Waiver of Confidentiality" page and return it to the Child Nutrition Office. Keep this letter to confirm your eligibility for benefits under the National School Lunch Program in the event you make application for other programs.

 

"In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.

 

To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (202) 720-5964 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer."

Denied Information Letter

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After receiving and reviewing the Application for Free and Reduced-Price Meals, it is necessary to deny your household meal benefits for the following reason:

 

--Income is over the amount allowed by eligibility guidelines.

 

If missing information is indicated as a reason for denial, please provide the information to Child Nutrition Services. If you have questions, please call: Denise Gilliam, Food Service Coordinator, 333-2672

 

You may reapply for benefits at any time during the school year. If you are not eligible now but have a decrease in household income, become unemployed, or have an increase in household size, fill out an application at that time. Applications are available at each school and the Central Kitchen.

 

If you do not agree with this decision, you may discuss it with the school official and you have a right to a fair hearing. This can be done by calling or writing the following official: Jim Brown, Business Manager, 333-2632.

 

We appreciate your support and hope your child(ren) will continue to participate in the meal program.

 

"In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.

 

To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (202) 720-5964 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer."

 

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Free & Reduced Information

 

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In order to qualify for Free or Reduced school lunch a parent or guardian must fill out a Free and Reduced lunch application, which can be found at the school your child is attending, or our Central Kitchen. Once the form is completely filled out you can turn it in to either the school office, the District Office, or our office. You only have to fill out one application per household. It doesn't matter if you have children in different schools. Just list them on your application and identify what schools they are attending and we will notify those schools. Once we receive your application it will be reviewed and processed within 10 working days from the date we received it. You will receive a letter in the mail stating the results of your application and we will notify the schools if you have qualified for the Free or Reduced meals. All applications from the previous year are only valid for the first 30 operating school days of the new school year, or by September 30 (whichever comes first). We start accepting applications for the new school year on July 1st of each year.

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Meal Prices

 

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Web Sites / Information   

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Federal

• USDA - Food, Nutrition, & Consumer Services

• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• Food & Nutrition Information Center

• Federal Regulations

• USDA Food & Nutrition Services

• USDA-NSBP

• USDA Special Milk

• USDA-Summer Food Sevice

• USDA-CACFP

• USDA - NET

• Center for Nutrition Policy & Promotion

• Nutrition.gov

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University / Private Organization

• American School Food Service Association (ASFSA)
• National Food Service Management Institute (NFSMI)
• Tufts University Nutrition Navigator
• Food Management Institute Resource Page
• American Dietetic Association
• Second Harvest
• National Child Care Information Center

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Commodity Information

• Food Distribution 2000
• American Commodities Distribution Assoc.(ACDA)
• USDA-Food Distribution
• "Best If Used By" Dates
• Product Specifications Used by Schools

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Food and Nutrition Information Center, National Agricultural Library
Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture

• Meal planning patterns Why don't you see potato chips, popcorn, and lemonade on the lunch menu? Schools follow USDA guidelines to plan meals.
• Nutrient data base search Enter the name of a food and see all the nutrient information.
• Interactive food pyramid The pyramid provides a guide to healthful eating.
• Index of Food and Nutrition Internet Resources Check out this list of even more links about nutrition related topics from Adolescence to Weight Loss and everything in between.
• Team Nutrition The mission of Team Nutrition is to improve the health and education of children with partnerships of media, schools, families, and communities.
• Child Nutrition Programs Information about school lunch and breakfast programs.
• Free and Reduced Meal Income Guidelines These are the guidelines used to determine eligibility for free or reduced price meals.

Other Links

• American School Food Service Association The ASFSA's site includes sections for students, parents, and teachers. You can ask the ASFSA nutritionist a question.
• Kid's Health Information for kids and parents about many areas relating to children's health, including nutrition.
• Dole Food Company Children of all ages will enjoy this visiting this site and meeting Bobby Banana.
• American Egg Board Learn more about the incredible edible egg.
• Minnesota Pork Producers Association Meet an area pork producer.
• Florida Department of Citrus How does orange juice get from the tree to your glass? Plus more info about citrus fruits from Florida.
• The Healthy Refrigerator Open the door to good nutrition and a healthy heart. It's time to get smart about your heart.
• Tufts University Nutrition Navigator An on-line guide that rates and reviews nutrition sites. Sections included for parents, kids, educators, and so on.
• Epicurious This site features recipes that would appeal to the gourmet.
• ASFSA  The official website of the American School Food Service Association. This is the voice of child nutrition.
• Child Nutrition USDA  United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Child Nutrition Home page
• Eat Right  ** Sponsored by the American Dietetics Association
• Education World  Nutrition education website. Great sites for teaching about nutrition.
• Healthy Choices  Sponsor: Growers of Washington State Apples. Education materials for nutrition education
• Nutrition Explorations  Sponsored by the National Dairy Council. The site provides nutrition education for educators, parents and children. Fun activities listed.
• Parent's Place  Parents nutrition website
• Recipes for Kids  American School Food Service Association recipes for kids.
• The Hunger Site  Information on hunger
• Tufts University Nutrition Navigator.   This is an online rating and review guide for nutrition information. Websites are reviewed by Tufts University nutritionists.

 

Recipe Sites

About.com Food/Drink section

Info about cooking and ethnic foods. A great site to search for odd recipes such as Chinese Moon Cakes!

The African Cookbook - Sorted by type or African Country. Great site!

Alaskan Seafood Recipes - from the Alaskan Seafood Marketing Institute!

AllRecipes.com

The recipe network! A good place to go for inspiration! Can search specific and general recipes. Features: Holidays, soups, breads, pasta, pies, cakes, etc.

America's Test Kitchen

From the editors of Cook's Illustrated. Step into the kitchen of Cook's Illustrated magazine, America's premier source of information for solving common cooking problems, demystifying recipes, and reporting the results of unbiased equipment tests and ingredient tastings. Chris Kimball, along with the cooks and editors of Cook's Illustrated, share their expertise and experience on America's Test Kitchen, exclusively on your local public television station.

Asian Kashrus Recipes - Ethnic Recipes of ALL Types!

Bites of Asia -

Bread Bakers Forum - recipes and info on bread baking.

BreadRecipes.com -

Breaking Bread with Father Dominic - Everything you ever wanted to know about bread. Great recipes!

Bangladesh : Food and Recipes

Cake Recipes.com - everything you need for baking cakes!

Café Creosote - interactive site for recipes, mail order sources, farmers market, etc.

Chinese Cuisine Site - from ABOUT.com

Claymo's Kitchen Cookbook - Thai & Vietnamese recipes, links to Creole/Cajun & hot stuff.

Cook's Illustrated

On Line version of the magazine. FREE cooking courses, monthly newsletter, 8 years archived recipes, product tests, food tasting, quick tips, etc.

CookieRecipes.com- From A-Z...all the cookie recipes you could ever want!

Cookbooks On Line - The online cooking source for all you culinary needs.

Cooking Light - Cooking Light magazine's online site.

EDIBILIA - Recipes, matters concerning food and drink, and other alimentary business.

Epicurious Home page

Food, drink, cooking and recipes; search Gourmet & Bon Appetit magazine recipes.

Epicurious Recipe Index

A collection of over 6,000 recipes from Bon Appétit and Gourmet magazines (and hundreds added every month) as well as classic recipes from House & Garden and tastes from the best new cookbooks. To find just the dish you want &emdash; or to whip something up from the ingredients you've got on hand &emdash; enter your request in the keyword field, browse through the new category selections, or combine the two.

European Cuisines: Front Page - EDIBILIA's European cuisine links.

Exoctic Recipes

Click on any of the links on this website and connect to sites that specialize in Food, Drink, Wine and Bakeware in various Countries around the World!! European, Asian, Mexican, etc.

Food Network's FoodTV.com -

Fine Cooking OnLine

Welcome to the online home of Fine Cooking,the magazine for people who love to cook.

Gaew's Thai Recipes Page - Great Thai recipes!

Gourmet a la Modem - Recipes and information about specialty cheese and gourmet food products.

Gourrmet Connection Electronic Magazine - Dedicated to Gourmet Food & Health Enthusiasts.

Gourmet Foods - Favorite foods by the case, corporate gift solutions, party tips, some recipes.

Graham Kerr - Wellness on the Web

HomeArts:Eats

HomeArts Network recipes and more, including a "make my recipe healthy" feature.

Home Canning Online

A virtual magazine for first-time and experienced home canners. Feature stories, detailed reference section including teaching tools and "Solutions" to answer frequently asked questions.

Kitchen

Welcome to the home page on cooking. There's no limit of choice for the lover of cooking: you can choose recipes from various cuisine's from around the world and if you're vegetarian or on a diet, don't worry, we've thought about you as well. If you don't feel like cooking today or you're on a trip then we have a long list of restaurants. It doesn't stop there either. Video On Line has a page for your recipes too.

Low Carb Diet Resources - An online guide to low carbohydrate diet resources.

Martha Stewart Living - Martha Stewart OnLine. Recipes from her TV show, tips, more.

Middle Eastern Recipes - a collection of Middle Eastern recipes from Appetizers to spice blends!

Mimi's Cyber Kitchen - Food, cooking, recipes, links, and more.

My CookBook

Your personal cookbook on the web. Maintaining your recipes has never been easier and now you can do it online! As a member of MyCookbook, you'll enjoy:

Interactive meal planning

Access to your cookbook from around the globe

Complete management of your own protected cookbook

Ease of sharing your recipes with others

Copy recipes to and from the public cookbook

Automatic registration into other MyCookbook services

 

REC.FOOD.RECIPES Archives & Index sites

rec.food.recipes: Index

An archive of recipes from the rec.food.recipes newsgroup. Categorized by topic or you can search the entire database. A great site!

http://recipes.taronga.com/

Not just another "cookie-cutter" website! These recipes are hand selected from the popular Usenet newsgroup rec.food.recipes. Which means that the recipes here are not only recipes that experienced cooks actually make, but consist of the most sought out recipes requested by people just like you!

http://www.cdkitchen.com/rfr/

rec.food.recipes online archive, completely searchable

Russian Cuisine- a great deal of delicious Russian recipes from ancient time to nowadays.

Seasoned Cooking

An online monthly cooking magazine with lots of info and features about nutrition, health & fitness and recipes. Has a mailing list with info about new issues, etc.

Season By Season

Michael Chiarello, host of the PBS TV cooking series, Season by Season, cooks Italian food. Good info on technique. Each week we focus on a different seasonal ingredient and visit producers to learn what factors add up to the highest quality. Inspires your own creativity.

Singapore unofficial food ... Cook it yourself!

Recipes : Malaysian and Singaporean, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, Korean, Others. Tips, Recipe request , Ingredient list. See our Mini Asian Food Directory for more recipe links!

SOAR: Searchable Online Archive of Recipes

Thousands of categorized recipes (many ethnic) which can be searched or viewed by topic. A great site!

Thai's Recipes

The Food Network's CyberKitchen - A cable TV network's homepage with recipes, tips and lots more!

 

Urban Peasant site - The web site of James Barber, the Urban Peasant of TV fame. Quick and easy recipes and a kitchen store.

Wheat Free & Gluten Free Recipes

The CELIAC (Celiac/Coeliac Wheat/Gluten-Free List) is open, unmoderated discussion for those interested in celiac disease (coeliac sprue),dermatitis herpetiformis, gluten intolerance, wheat allergy, and co-incident intolerances, such as casein or lactose intolerance.

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Shopping

www.americancakesupply.com - Cake baking supplies (wedding cakes and candy too!)

Asian Connections

AC Food Store - Asia Kitchen is Now Open! Free Shipping!* Shrimp chips, snacks, and hundreds of cooking ingredients! The largest Asian Foods Store on the Net! This is a Yan Can Cook site!!

Bachri's Home Page

Chili * Spice Gourmet. Great Indonesian ingredients mail order.

The Chef's Store Home Page

Featuring professional cookware, kitchenware and more!

Cook's Wares Online Catalog -

 

ElectricFoods.com - GREAT online shopping for food ingredients you can't get in town!

EthnicGrocer.com - Thousands of authentic foods delivered right to your door.

Gongshee.com - Oriental

Namaste.com - Indian

QueRico.com - Latin American

 

Fante's Gourmet and Kitchen Wares Shop

Enjoy browsing through our selection of kitchen products, helpful guides and links. Fante's is one of America's oldest and most distinguished shops of kitchen wares. In our shops you'll find over 8,000 different items for food preparation. Look for all of them here as our site grows.

Farmers-Market

Set up much like an open-air market, our purpose is to provide a space where shoppers from around the world can meet, correspond and purchase products direct from producers.

Farmers Market OnLine -

complete with recipe contest information!

Gourmet Foods

Favorite foods by the case, corporate gift solutions, party tips, some recipes

Italian Cooking

Mediterranean Consortium Medit s.a.s. - Mediterranean Consortium, located in Bari, Italy, is an exporter of premium quality authentic specialty Italian foods. We have sought out and carefully selected some of the finest Italian foods from small and medium sized companies so we may offer you specialty foods that have never been marketed before in your country.

 

Mother Nature's General Store

The World's Largest Online Selection of Vitamins and Supplements! Great section for information about herbs!

Oriental Pantry

Imagine a kitchen pantry full of exotic spices and seasonings from around the world. With its contents you could replicate the distinct flavors of any Asian recipe you choose, whether it calls for fresh lemon grass, Chinese hot chili oil, five spice powder, pure saffron or any of the hard-to-find flavors that make authentic Oriental cooking so refreshingly different and delicious. Imagine a pantry so enormous and fascinating you'll never grow tired of experimenting with what's inside. Welcome to The Oriental Pantry.

Spice Merchant

Flavor Secrets of Asia & the Orient Delivered to Your Door.

Spices Online

General spices, BEVERAGE CONCENTRATES, cleaning products. Will send a catalog.

www.sugarcraft.com - Baking supplies, books, etc. Lot's of great stuff!

Tavolo - Everything for the cook....somewhat pricey, but carries hard-to-find (around here!) items!

Trader Joe's

Toastmaster, Inc. - Great kitchen appliances. Some recipes.

Wikstrom's Gourmet Foods - Scandinavian foods, including the greatest vinegar for pickling.

www.wilton.com- Wilton baking & decoratiing supplies online

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