Nutrition Services/Wellness
The Academy for Academic Excellence and Norton Science and Language Academy schools participate in the National School Lunch program.
Our school meals are vended from an outside company and you may rest assured that they follow all the USDA guidelines required of our food services department.
Meals are offered to all students at the following rates:
Norton Science & Language Academy Pricing
Breakfast.....................$2.00 (NSLA only)
Adult Breakfast............$2.50 (NSLA only)
Lunch...........................$3.00
Adult meals..................$3.50
Academy for Academic Excellence Pricing
Reduced-Price Lunch...$0.40
Paid Lunch....................$3.15
Adult meals...................$3.65
Menus are posted each month below and in the school so your child can see when they want to eat in the school cafeteria.
AAE Menus
***You may also view lunch menus on Preferred Meals website at the following link: http://preferredmealsmenu.com/
NSLA Menus
July/August Breakfast Menu to be updated
July/August Lunch Menu to be updated
***You may also view lunch menus on Preferred Meals website at the following link: http://preferredmealsmenu.com/
FREE/REDUCED MEALS
Free and Reduced Price Meals are available to families who believe they may qualify. If your family chooses to apply please complete a "Free and Reduced Meal Price Application Form" for the 2017-2018 School Year. The form can be obtained below or by visiting your school's front office and returned via email or by turning it in to your school office. You will be notified by mail of your child's status and/or you may contact Veronica Calderon in General Administration by calling your school and asking to be transferred to ext 229 or checking the status with the cafeteria. You may download/fill out the lunch application below and email back to vcalderon@lcer.org or bring the form in to the front office.
- AAE English Lunch Application
- AAE Spanish Lunch Application
- Directions to fill out application SPANISH
- NSLA English Lunch Application
- NSLA Spanish Lunch Application
- Directions to fill out application SPANISH
***Meal Applications for the 2017-2018 school year may not be filled out prior to July 1, 2017.
Please complete one application per household. The information you give will be used to determine or prove your child's eligibility for free or reduced-price meals.
Factors considered in the application process are household size and total household income. HOUSEHOLD SIZE is considered all persons, related or unrelated: Including parents, children, grandparents who live in your home and share living expenses. The TOTAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME is the income each household member received last month before taxes - this includes wages, social security, pension, unemployment, welfare, child support, alimony, and any other cash income.
To verify if your family qualifies for the Free and Reduced lunch program you may reference the following link: Income Qualifications
Foster children are categorically eligible for free meal benefits. There does
need to be documentation of status by a state or local entity familiar with the
child's status. Foster children may be included in the household application as
part of the household size.
SPECIFIC DIETARY NEEDS INFORMATION
If your child has a disability
or a medical condition that requires
a special meal and/or accommodation please fill out the form below so
that we may address your child's needs as soon as possible.
If you have any questions about Food Services or the Application for free or reduced meals, please feel free to contact me at 760-946-5414 ext 229 or via email at vcalderon@lcer.org.
Veronica Calderon
GA Generalist II, General Administration
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NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:
(1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
(2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.
