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Culinary Services Meal Services for SPS Students

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Paying for School Meals

Paying with Check or Cash

Culinary Services offers a variety of convenient ways to pay for school meals. 学校的餐厅经理接受支票和现金作为学生账户的预付存款或购买个人膳食, milk or other a la carte items. Checks should be made payable to Culinary Services.

家长们还被鼓励与孩子所在学校的餐厅经理一起讨论支付餐费的问题, how to apply for school meal benefits, menus, etc.

Paying Online

Student meals can be paid for with a credit card online at PayPams.

PayPams需要学生的身份证号码或膳食帐户密码(由学校提供)来创建帐户. The Student ID number can be found on report cards or by accessing The Source.

PayPams charges users $1.95 (per student) each time money is added to the online account.

Free and Reduced-Price Meals

对于那些有资格享受免费或减价餐的学生,将免费提供早餐和午餐. 有许多好处,为学生批准免费和降价校餐, including reduced fees for field trips, Associated Student Body fees, and pre-college exams (PSAT/SAT/ACT).

Learn more about free and reduced-price meals and how to apply!

Regular Price Meals

正规的棋牌平台排行榜有几所学校将为所有学生提供免费膳食(早餐和午餐). See a list of schools that will offer free meals for all students.

All other students will be charged the rates shown below.

Elementary and K-8 Schools

  • Breakfast $2.25
  • Lunch $3.25

Middle and High Schools

  • Breakfast $2.50
  • Lunch $3.50

Frequently Asked Questions

Breakfast and lunch is served each day in all Seattle schools.

You can view the menus online. Menus are subject to change without notice. For the latest menu information, 联系你的学校行政部门,与学校的厨房经理联系.

超过美国农业部2010年健康无饥饿儿童法案的营养标准是很容易的,因为学生可以无限制地获得新鲜水果和蔬菜. School meals also feature locally sourced grain-rich bread, hamburger and hot dog buns and hormone free milk from Washington State.

To meet important nutrient needs for calcium, vitamin D and protein, 学生每天早餐和午餐可选择1%白牛奶或脱脂巧克力牛奶.

How do I apply for free or reduced priced meal benefits for my student(s)?

Families can now apply for Free and Reduced-Price meals online. The process is safe, secure, private and available through PayPams

Applications are available for download in early August. Additionally, applications are available on the Culinary Services webpage. Applications are provided in English and the top eight translations.

Applications are also available at your school’s lunchroom, 总办公室或位于约翰斯坦福中心的注册服务部门.

Applications, 填妥后,可将表格放在学校饭厅,转交学系中央办公室处理或邮寄至:
Culinary Services
MS 32-372;
PO Box 34165;
Seattle, WA 98124

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), called Basic Food in Washington, 通过每月提供购买食物的福利,帮助低收入者维持收支平衡. 参与基本食品计划还有其他好处,包括为学龄儿童提供免费学校膳食.

Once processing is completed, families are mailed a letter identifying students eligibility for free, reduced or paid meals. 我们鼓励家庭将这封信保存起来,用于其他福利用途,如实地考察的折扣, athletic or testing fees, etc. From mid-August to late October, 由于收到的表格数量很大,处理膳食津贴申请可能需要7-10天.

我们鼓励家庭尽早完成本学年的申请,以确保学生的资格在学年早期得到适当的确立. 要求更换体育或学术目的资格信的家庭可以联系烹饪服务.

Yes. 返回正规的棋牌平台排行榜的学生在学年开始的前30天保留他们前几年免费或减价用餐的资格. 在最初的时间内,鼓励家庭提交当年的申请进行处理. 在前30个上课日未提交本年度申请的家庭将在第31个上课日(通常是10月中旬)转为带薪状态.

在有资格获得免费或减价膳食之前,家庭负责为学生提供膳食的费用.

Yes. 而本年度的申请通常在8月至10月之间提交, 如果一个家庭的收入或家庭规模在一年内发生变化,可以提交申请,以确定是否有资格获得免费或减价膳食.

对于在上一学年有80%或以上的入学学生有资格享受免费或减价膳食的学校的学生,免费提供早餐.

Under a new federal Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), 所有特定学校的学生在学年期间免费提供早餐和午餐.

In all Seattle schools, students who qualify for free or reduced price meals receive meals at no cost. 烹饪服务不向有资格享受减价餐的学生收取共同费用.

Yes, 但必须向餐饮服务部门提交饮食处方,以确保提供合适的食物. Under federal regulations, 饮食处方必须由持牌医生填写(当确定残疾时,如危及生命的食物过敏或糖尿病)或认可的医疗机构(RMA)填写(当确定非致残性医疗状况,如食物不耐受). For Diet Prescription purposes, a RMA includes a Licensed Physician, Doctor of Osteopathy, Licensed Physician’s Assistant, ARNP or Licensed Naturopathic Physician.

家庭和学生可以在烹饪服务部门的学校膳食网页上获取营养事实和过敏原信息.

Personal or religious food preferences such as vegan, vegetarian or halal, 不符合残疾或非残疾医疗状况的定义,因此可获提供特别校餐. 鼓励家庭和学生熟悉学校膳食菜单,以确定这些菜单选项随时可用的日子. 饮食处方表格可从卫生及卫生服务处的网页下载. 表格也可以通过联系烹饪服务总办公室索取,电话:206-252-0675.