SCS Food Service Manager Josie Ennist met with Senator Seward to discuss food service issues in NYS.

School lunches boost children's health, according to study

A study by Iowa State researchers confirmed that the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) improves the health outcomes of children who reside in low-income households. The study of nearly 2,700 NSLP children (ages 6-17) found that the NSLP reduces the prevalence of food insecurity by 3.8 percent, poor general health by 29 percent, and the rate of obesity by at least 17 percent in its participants. READ MORE

Good nutrition = better learning
Apply for Free & Reduced Lunch

Good nutrition is vital for growing bodies and minds. Our school participates in
the National School Lunch Program, which offers nutritious meals for students for free or at a reduced cost,
based on household size and
income. This year's application form is now available for download or printing. This form is for the 2011-12 school year and need only be completed once to cover all children in your family. If you need assistance with completing the form, please email our Food Service Manager or call her at 295-6618. All information is confidential. If you are aware of an extended family or relative who may be eligible to apply for this service, please consider sharing this form with them.  
» FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH APPLICATION FORM 2011-12 (PDF)

Monthly Lunch Menus

Menus are updated monthly. Lunch items are subject to change.

 » Elementary School Menu (PDF)

 » Jr./Sr. High School Menu (PDF)

 » Breakfast & Lunch Prices

School Lunch Fund

The SCS School Lunch Program strongly encourages parents to make payments to your child’s account by the week or month, in the form of a check if possible, as that is the easiest way to keep track of balances. Checks can be made payable to SCS School Lunch Fund. For elementary students please remember to put payments in an envelope labeled with your child’s full name (and names of any siblings that are to receive account payments) and teacher’s name.

Meal Charging Policy

Students that have “debits” or negative balance in their account are not permitted to purchase snacks (e.g., ice cream, chips, etc.). Also, students may “charge” or debit the POS up to $9.00. Then parents will be contacted, and students will be offered a peanut butter sandwich and milk until the charges/debits are paid. Thank you for your continued support of the SCS School Lunch/Breakfast Program!

School Lunch/Breakfast Account Status Receipts

Since we have started the new Point of Sale (POS) cash register system there have been many inquiries about student’s account balances. Therefore, we have begun printing a cash register receipt for students putting money in their account, and for students with debits or negative account balance.

These receipts are given to students when the transaction is made and contain the account balance. If the receipt has “Balance CR,” that means credit, and the student has a positive balance in their account, if the receipt has “Balance DB,” that means debit, and the student has a negative balance (or “charges) on their account.

Parents should contact Josie Ennist, School Lunch Manager, at 295-6618 if they see any discrepancies with the reported balance, or wish to check on an account balance. The POS system maintains a transaction report for each student and this report can be provided to parents if there are any questions regarding a students account.

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"Choose Sensibly" Snacks Hit
Elementary and Jr./Sr. High School Cafeterias

The words “Choose Sensibly” along with a yellow logo are popping up in both the Elementary and Jr/Sr High School Cafeterias. Those words and that logo identify a snack item that fits within the guidelines set by the New York State School Nutrition Association’s “Choose Sensibly” campaign. This is a program that endeavors to improve the nutritional quality of the snacks our children are selecting.

According to these guidelines a sensible snack will have:

• Fat - 7 grams or less

• Saturated Fat - 2 grams or less

• Sodium - 360 milligrams or less

• Sugar - 15 grams or less

The standards for beverages are:

• Low-fat milk and low-fat flavored milk

• Juice with 25% or more fruit juice

• Water or flavored water without added sugar, artificial sweeteners or caffeine

• Beverages with 10 milligrams or less caffeine per serving

Schoharie Central School Lunch Program began to implement this program last year and for this school year will have many new "Choose Sensibly" snacks available for ala carte sales during lunch.

This year students will find the "Choose Sensibly" logo on items like baked chips, fresh fruit, bottled water, peanut butter crackers, rice cakes, granola bars and small sized Little Debbie cookies. "Choose Sensibly" Ice cream products so far include Minute Maid Juice Bars, Fudgesicles, Creamscicles, and Scribblers. The School Lunch Program continues to search for other snack items children enjoy that meet the "Choose Sensibly" guidelines.

The "Choose Sensibly" campaign was designed to encourage and motivate students to buy single serve snacks that meet the "Choose Sensibly" nutritional profile, rather than those that contain higher grams of fat, sugar and sodium and contain more than one serving per container. For additional information about this campaign or information about the school lunch/breakfast program contact Josie Ennist, School Lunch Manager, at 295-6618.

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Food Service Manager
Josie Ennist
P.O. Box 430
136 Academy Drive Schoharie, NY 12157 (518) 295-6618
Fax (518) 295-9510