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Lunch

Cooked here, every day.

Optional, $5 a day or $75 a month, and packing from home is always fine.

Hot lunch is cooked on campus every school day. It is optional, and plenty of families pack instead. Nobody is treated differently either way.

What is on the plate

Every hot lunch is a main dish with a vegetable or side, fresh fruit, a choice of juice or milk, and a small sweet treat.

  • Salad bar runs Wednesday through Friday
  • Pizza every Friday
  • A burger or sandwich day most weeks
  • Snack breaks mid-morning and again after school

The kitchen is on site, not a delivery contract, so the food is cooked in the building your child is in.

What it costs

Monthly lunch plan$75 / month
Paying day by day$5.00 / day
Snacks at the front office75¢
Bringing lunch from homeNo charge

The monthly plan works out cheaper than paying daily across a full month. Tuition with the lunch plan included is $1,000 rather than $925.

Allergies and special diets

Tell the office. The kitchen is small and staffed by people who know the children, which makes this easier here than at a large school, but they need to know before the first day rather than after.

This month’s menu

The dated menu for the current month goes home with your child and is posted in the front office. If you did not get one, call (760) 345-8100 and the office will send it.

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