Welcome back! We are looking forward to welcoming your students back, seeing their smiling faces and feeding them nutritious meals!!
CEP– We are qualified to do CEP again this year. This means everyone eats breakfast and lunch for free. We do, however, need you to fill out the Educational Benefits form for this program to continue and for our school to qualify for other programs, such as title one, tutoring, summer school funding, etc…. Please fill this form out even if you think you make too much money. Every form helps and we keep it confidential.
BREAKFAST IN THE CLASSROOM. This is for K-5 and will be available until 8:15. So please have your child to school on time if you would like them to have breakfast.
GRAB N GO BREAKFAST- There will be 2 Grab & Go Carts again this year. This is for HS & MS. They both will be located in the lobby this year. We are adding flavored iced Lattes to breakfast. This will be available only if you take a reimbursable breakfast. This will count towards the milk component of breakfast . Your child has to take the required components for us to get reimbursed from the state. This means everyone has to take a fruit or juice, and an entrée. They can also take a milk or a latte.
ALA CARTE & DEPOSITS: We have ala carte food for purchasing at lunch for both MS & HS students. If your child would like a second entrée, that will also be available to purchase. With that being said, please try to send your child’s ala carte money in an envelope with their first and last name on it. If you would like to do a family deposit, please put the first and last names (if different) of each child on the envelope with the amounts you want to go where. If it doesn’t specifically say, it will be divided equally between the family. You may also deposit money online. You will need to register at mcbain.familyportal.cloud. There is a video you can also watch to show you how to do this at mcbain.familyportal.cloud/tutorials. We would like the 6-12 graders to bring their lunch money to the office by 9:30 am each day for deposit. We WILL NOT take money in the lunch line as it holds everything up.
GRAB & GO MEALS: At lunch we will have an option of a grab & go meal. We have a couple options for this. Everyday there will be a PB option and either a salad or a wrap option that they can take instead of hot lunch. This will qualify as a reimbursable meal, so therefore it will be free. That way if they do not like what we are having, they could grab that for lunch and it won’t cost them anything.
MILK– If your child wants just a milk, they can purchase it for $0.80. This is not free unless you take hot lunch.
MIDDLE TABLE/SALAD BAR: Fresh fruit will also be served daily BUT ONLY for those who take hot lunch!! When it calls for Romaine with dressing, the salad bar will be out in the middle, so the students can help themselves. This again, is for students who eat hot lunch on that day. It is not a free for all or for students who brought a sack lunch.
MENUS- You should be able to find a menu on the school website or McBain Lunch Bunch FB page. The FB page is where changes will be posted. We will do our best to keep you up to date. We do hope to utilize the mcbain.nutrislice.com website too. Again, any questions on anything, please feel free to call or email.
ALLERGIES- If your child has any allergies to food or milk, we will need a special meals and/or accommodations form filled out by your physician and we will try to accommodate your child’s needs. THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE EACH SCHOOL YEAR!! This form can be found on our website under the lunch information. If you have any concerns, please feel free to call me at school 231-825-8330 Ext. 1350 or email me at tami.eisenga@mcbain.org so we can touch base and come up with the best plan of action for your child.
½ DAY LUNCHES: We will now be offering a grab & go sack lunch for everyone on ½ days of school. Elementary will get them in the classroom as they leave and MS/HS will be able to get theirs in the lobby or as they go the buses.
SOCIAL MEDIA: We are going to be more engaging on our FB account this year. We are hoping to add an instragam account also, so be sure to look for that and follow us.
We look forward to serving your children this year and again, if you have any questions, please feel free to call or email me.
Tami Eisenga
Food Service Director