Snacks & Lunches
All children will need to bring an AM snack with a drink. New licensing regulations require that we can only serve milk, water, and 100% juice beverages. Juice must not have any added sugar.
If you would prefer your child to drink water at snack time, you can skip the drink and we will provide water. We ask that you try to send healthy snacks whenever possible. At snack time, we will choose a healthy item from your child's lunchbox to serve for snack. If you would prefer to designate a snack, please include a small note in your child's lunch or label the item(s) that you would like to be eaten at snack time. Each week your child's teachers will be sending out weekly updates to let you know what is happening in class. Please check the updates carefully for cooking and snack projects. If the class is making a snack together on a particular day, your child will not need to bring a snack on that day.
Our full-day students will need to pack a lunch. We do have microwaves in all of the classrooms, so it is OK to send in items to be heated for your child's lunch. We ask that you refrain, however, from sending in items that need to be assembled and cooked from scratch--this can be very time consuming for the teachers who are also preparing lunches for other students in the group at the same time. As per licensing regulations, we will be providing lowfat milk to all the children at lunchtime each day. We will offer the children a choice between white, strawberry, or chocolate milk and additional refills of white milk as requested. In order to accommodate the nutritional requests of all of our families, parents may request an alternate to 1% cow's milk. In addition, our center purchases and can provide almond milk, organic milk, soymilk, and lactose-free milk, and we are happy to provide these upon parent request.
Please make sure your child's lunchbox is clearly labeled with his or her name (sometimes we get duplicates!). Parents can drop off lunch boxes in the kitchen refrigerators. Refrigerators and shelves will be clearly marked by class to help the teachers find your child's lunch quickly--please check
carefully when you drop off the lunch box to make sure it is in the right place. After lunch, lunchboxes will be put back in your child's backpack or cubby unless there are leftover items that need to refrigerated. Please make sure you have your child's lunchbox before you leave at the end of the day. Students in the aftercare classroom will be provided with a healthy snack each afternoon.
If you would prefer your child to drink water at snack time, you can skip the drink and we will provide water. We ask that you try to send healthy snacks whenever possible. At snack time, we will choose a healthy item from your child's lunchbox to serve for snack. If you would prefer to designate a snack, please include a small note in your child's lunch or label the item(s) that you would like to be eaten at snack time. Each week your child's teachers will be sending out weekly updates to let you know what is happening in class. Please check the updates carefully for cooking and snack projects. If the class is making a snack together on a particular day, your child will not need to bring a snack on that day.
Our full-day students will need to pack a lunch. We do have microwaves in all of the classrooms, so it is OK to send in items to be heated for your child's lunch. We ask that you refrain, however, from sending in items that need to be assembled and cooked from scratch--this can be very time consuming for the teachers who are also preparing lunches for other students in the group at the same time. As per licensing regulations, we will be providing lowfat milk to all the children at lunchtime each day. We will offer the children a choice between white, strawberry, or chocolate milk and additional refills of white milk as requested. In order to accommodate the nutritional requests of all of our families, parents may request an alternate to 1% cow's milk. In addition, our center purchases and can provide almond milk, organic milk, soymilk, and lactose-free milk, and we are happy to provide these upon parent request.
Please make sure your child's lunchbox is clearly labeled with his or her name (sometimes we get duplicates!). Parents can drop off lunch boxes in the kitchen refrigerators. Refrigerators and shelves will be clearly marked by class to help the teachers find your child's lunch quickly--please check
carefully when you drop off the lunch box to make sure it is in the right place. After lunch, lunchboxes will be put back in your child's backpack or cubby unless there are leftover items that need to refrigerated. Please make sure you have your child's lunchbox before you leave at the end of the day. Students in the aftercare classroom will be provided with a healthy snack each afternoon.