Lee's Summit Nutrition Services was awarded the District of the Year Award in Nutrition for 2009.  We strive to continuously provide healthy and nutritious meals that appeal to our students.  We meet and exceed many categories within the Missouri Eat Smart Guidelines.  In the nutrition category we meet the standards for the US Healthy Challenge.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and we encourage our students to eat daily.  Currently, Pleasant Lea Elementary and Summit Lakes Middle Schools are taking part in breakfast grant programs awarded through the Midwest Dairy Council.  At PLE hot breakfasts are offered daily along with Bag a Breakfast for the later arriving students to take to class so they don't miss out on breakfast.  Breakfast consumption is up 10% with the inclusion of this service.  SLMS is now offering hot breakfast, a first for the building.  Students are allowed in the buildings earlier to be able to take advantage of the breakfast.  Breakfast participation has doubled.  Breakfast is offered daily in all our buildings because it is the most important meal of the day and impacts our students performance, behavior, attendance and attention spans.  There have been many studies that prove this, so please encourage your students to eat breakfast at school!!

DID YOU KNOW??

For Free students we receive $2.68 for each meal served

For Reduced students we receive $2.28 plus the .40 cents they pay

For Paid students we receive .25 cents plus the $1.85 they pay

For adult meals we charge $2.50 with no reimbursement

We offer 5 entree choices a day plus a large variety of fresh and cooked fruit and vegetable choices along with skim and low fat milk.

DID YOU KNOW?

1. Our products are fortified with vitamins

2. Our confetti fries are baked and contain sweet potato fries and regular fries

3. Our pizza's crust is whole wheat and the cheese is low fat

4. All our pastas are made with whole wheat pasta

5. Our salad dressings are low fat

6. A serving of baked chicken nuggets is only 223 calories

7. We use only Mrs. Dash and no added sodium

8. All chips are baked

9. We offer blueberries, apricots, cherries, kiwi, melon (when in season), dried cranberries, raisins, along with the regular fruits

10. Tossed salad with spinach, fresh broccoli and fresh carrots are some of the student's favorites

11. Mashed sweet potatoes, California veggies, steamed broccoli and glazed carrots are offered to help us meet the US Healthy Challenge

12. Bread items are whole wheat and our homemade bread products are made with 51% whole wheat flour

13. Beans are offered once a week

 

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Come join your child for lunch today.  Just let the teacher know you will be eating and what entree you would like to order for the day.  Where else can you get a meal like ours for $2.50?