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St. Sebastian Hot Lunch Program Information

School lunch is an important part of the student’s day. The Food Service Department (FSD) is proud in the role it plays in providing students with appealing and nutritious lunches that are well balanced and meet the nutritional guidelines of the National School Lunch Program. Our commitment is to provide quality, nutritionally-balanced and appealing menu selections to our customers. Healthy eating patterns are essential for students to achieve their full academic potential, physical and mental growth and lifelong health and well-being. The USDA meal patterns require five components in order to qualify for a reimbursable meal:

• A Meat/Protein, Fruit, Vegetable, Bread and Milk must be offered in specific quantities.
• The meal patterns are designed to provide 1/3 of the RDA’s four key nutrients.
• The menu must also provide 30% of total calories from fat and no more than 10% from saturated fat over the course of a week.

• Students who need a substitution for milk can replace it with juice if a doctor’s note and allergy form is on file.

Meal Payments and Prices

This year’s lunch prices reflect the increase in costs the FSD has incurred for food & supplies, and utility usage and reflect what other District 12 schools are charging.

• Make a payment into your child’s account by sending a check (or cash) in an envelope with the student’s name and grade written on it.
• Checks are payable to “St. Sebastian Lunch.”
• Classroom teachers collect the payments and send them to the cafeteria for deposit.
• Our automated lunch payment system will record payments and monitor food transactions. It functions as a debit system deducting each transaction from the student’s account. It is not necessary to write separate checks for families with more than one student. The FSD will distribute the funds into each sibling’s account.
• The FSD will notify parents of negative balances through their email address or negative balance notices will go home via kid mail.
• A la carte items are not included with lunch and are charged accordingly.
• Parents should discuss purchasing guidelines with their children in advance to prevent unwanted charges to their account.

• Parents wishing to block certain purchases can contact the FSD at (414) 453-6850 or email msasich@saintsebs.org .

Morning Milk

• Milk is offered to students in Kindergarten through second grade.
• This is optional and parents who would like their child to receive milk must pay a one time fee.
• If you opt out, inform your child’s teacher that you do not want your child to receive snack time milk.
• Children who qualify for free/reduced meals are not exempt from paying the milk fee.
• The price for morning milk is $40.00.
• Make checks payable to “St. Sebastian Milk.”

• The due date for morning milk payment is September 9, 2011.

Free and Reduced School Meals Family Applications

• Parents/guardians of families whose financial conditions meet the income guidelines are encouraged to complete a Free and Reduced Price School Meals Application.
• An application must be completed each year in order to be considered for this program.
• Choice students do not automatically qualify and must fill out an application.
• An application was included in your school packet. The application can also be found on this website (see below), the school office and the cafeteria.
• Applications are accepted anytime during the school year.
• Upon receiving an application, it will take four full business days to process and notify the family of their eligibility status.

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If you are interested in applying, please read the letter and the intructions below; then print and complete the 2011-2012 Free and Reduced Price School Meals Application.  Submit your application to:
St. Sebastian School Cafeteria
1747 N. 54th St.
Milwaukee, WI  53208. 
Contact the Food Service Department at (414) 453-6850 or email msasich@saintsebs.org if you do not have access to a printer and need a paper copy.

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2011-12 Packet:

Letter to Families
Instructions for Applying
Free and Reduced Price School Meals Family APPLICATION