Students may bring a snack for morning recess. Snack should be of a healthy nature and able to be consumed during a limited time. Soft drinks are NOT permitted at school. No hot beverages are permitted at any time. The school does not heat lunches for students. Only in an emergency situation should a student's lunch be brought to school by a parent/guardian or other person. In those rare emergency instances only, lunch must be brought to the school office before the start of the lunch period. The student's first and last name and grade must be clearly marked on the lunch container.
Students in grades K-5 eat lunch in the pavilion. Junior High students are permitted to eat in the pavilion, the courtyard, or on the playground. Please limit sugary items. Please stress with your child the importance of eating a healthy lunch. They need this nutrition to be effective in a learning environment. Please monitor the taking of a lunch and the amount of food returned uneaten. Many times the younger students are unable to eat all the food sent. We encourage students to take excess food home and discuss the matter with you. Please do not send any glass containers. We encourage students to recycle and conserve materials used to pack lunches.
Anyone checking a child out for lunch needs to send a note in the morning and sign the child out in the office. Upon return, the parent must sign the child back in at the office.
Only in an emergency situation should a student's lunch be brought to school by a parent/guardian or other person; however, if you need to bring lunch to your child, please leave the lunch in the hallway outside the front office window. Students may pick them up there. The office staff does not take responsibility if lunches are not delivered to students. Students may not go to parents' cars to pick up lunches unless the parents come in to the office to sign the child out.
Parents may not join the class for lunch at the Pavilion. If there is a special need to eat with your child, please contact the office so we can make arrangements for you.
Choice Lunch provides options for hot lunch at St. Bernardine of Siena School. It is an outside provider that accepts online orders from our school families: http://www.choicelunch.com
Birthdays
We celebrate the gift of life at St. Bernardine! A student celebrating a birthday may bring individual treats on their special day and wear free dress according to the school guidelines. Treats should be dropped off in the morning at the office. If a birthday falls on a weekend or in the summer time, the student may work with the teacher to select another day to celebrate. In consideration for the feelings of all of our students, students are not permitted to pass out birthday invitations at school unless all the girls or boys in the class have been invited. Students must do this on their own, off campus, or by mail. Please do not send any additional items, such as whole cakes, candy, balloons, ice cream, pizza, or party bags, etc.
