Free/Reduced School Meal Application

Download a free/reduced school meal/milk Application for the 08-09 school year, and/or a Free and Reduced Price Meal Application Fact Sheet. Applications should be completed and returned to 2 Wright Drive, Johnstown, NY 12095 or to your child's school building. Questions? Call 762-1875.

2008/09 school year meal prices

Menus

• Glebe Street Elementary School

• Jansen Avenue Elementary School

• Pleasant Avenue Elementary School

• Warren Street Elementary School

• Knox Junior High School

• Johnstown High School

NutriKids Program

* Please note: It is possible for menus to be adjusted due to a snow day.

National School Lunch Week
Elementary schools in the district celebrate National School Lunch Week each year beginning on the second Sunday in October, during which time parents/guardians are invited to eat with their children at school. You are welcome to bring your own meal, or to purchase one from our cafeteria (the cost is $3.13 for an adult lunch). If you would like to eat in the cafeteria with your elementary school child during National School Lunch Week, please make a reservation by sending a note in with your child indicating what day you will attend and whether you will be purchasing or bringing a meal. In the meantime, here are a few things about the National School Lunch Program you might find interesting:

• The National School Lunch Program has been serving the nation's children for more than 60 years.

• Meals meet standards based on Dietary Guidelines for Americans, containing no more than 30 percent of calories from fat and less than 10 percent from saturated fat.

• School lunches provide one-third of the Recommended Dietary Allowances of protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, iron, calcium and calories.

• Meals are served in age-appropriate sizes, meaning students get the amount of food their bodies need.

• Over a 180 day period, 4.9 billion lunches are served in 99,000 schools. That is approximately 29.6 million meals per day!

Breakfast Helps Keep Students Thriving In School
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and it is important to start the day off right with good eating habits. Research has shown that children who eat a balanced breakfast, rich in grains, fruits, and vegetables, perform better on tests, have better attendance records and make fewer trips to both the nurse's office and the principal's office.

According to Dr. Ronald Kleinman, Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, there are 5 tips that parents should know when it comes to good nutrition:

• It is important that parents be good role models to their children.
• Parents need to instill healthy eating habits in their children at a young age.
• Children need to eat breakfast everyday.
• Parents should avoid giving children drinks and snacks with low nutritional value.
• Parents should incorporate more exercise into their children's daily routine.

The Grain Foods Foundation and advisory board member Dr. Ronald Kleinman have partnered together to share these important tips with parents in support of National School Breakfast Week.

Parents are reminded that a nutritious breakfast is available to students in all schools in the district. Please see the monthly menus posted here on the site, or for more information contact, Linda Ellis, Director of Food Services, at 762-1875.