Food Service

Healthy meals equal healthy students

Food Service Director Thomas Preiskines
858-3100, Ext. 13896  
 tpreiskines@pjschools.org

Port Jervis schools participate in the National School Lunch Program, which regulates and subsidizes the provision of complete, nutritionally balanced meals.
 

Lunch: Students can purchase a complete lunch including milk, just milk, or a la carte and snack items. They are also offered the following alternatives to the daily menu items - peanut butter and jelly, tuna fish sandwich, and the sandwich of the day.
Port Jervis High School & Middle School now have separate menus!

• Elementary Schools - February

• Elementary Schools - January

• Port Jervis Middle School - February

• Port Jervis Middle School - January

• Port Jervis High School - February

• Port Jervis High School - January

Please note the above open in "pdf" format and require the Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to download and print. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat on your computer, you can get a free copy from the Adobe web site.

Food Services had to raise the price for the elementary lunch by 10 cents this year to comply with the federal Healthy Hunger Free Kids Acts that requires schools to charge a price for lunch that is more in line with how much they are reimbursed from the federal government.

Port Jervis no longer participates in the federal Universal Breakfast Program. Beginning this year, there is a charge for breakfast: $1.10 for elementary students/$1.50 for middle & high school students.
Many students qualify for the free and reduced-priced meals.

2011-2012 School Year Prices  

Free and Reduced-Priced School Meal Application
The district is urging families to take advantage of the free and reduced-priced meals available through the National School Lunch Program. Application packets will be sent home with students the first day of school. The application can also be downloaded below.

Those who qualify will be eligible for free or reduced-priced meals. The price for reduced meals is just .25 cents. This could save your family close to $500 a year per child!

Who can get free meals? Applications for free or reduced-priced lunch may be completed anytime during the school year when a family’s income changes.
   • The confidential program is available to all households that meet
    federal income guidelines - and these guidelines are higher than
    you might expect.
   • Students whose families receive food stamps or other aids such
    as TANF are automatically eligible - regardless of
    their income.
   • Most foster children, as well as homeless and migrant children,
    are eligible.

Protecting your children's privacy - When students go through the lunch line, they carry nothing that would identify them as a participant in the free and reduced meal program. They simply enter their student Pin number into the automated payment system and the cashier automatically processes the transaction.

Applications - The completed application should be returned to Food Service Director Thomas Preiskines. For answers to questions regarding the application or assistance completing the application, please call Mr. Preiskines at 858-3100, Ext. 13896.
Click here for answers to commonly asked questions.

• Application for Free and Reduced-Priced Lunch

Please note the above opens in "pdf" format and requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to download and print. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat on your computer, you can get a free copy from the Adobe web site.

Automated accounts provide fast service
With the use of a computerized system, Food Service tracks student information including account balances and food purchases. Each student uses a personal Pin number when he or she purchases meals. By eliminating the old pen and paper tally sheets, the cafeteria staff is able to serve students quicker and more efficiently - reducing the time students spend waiting in line. 

Application
Free & Reduced-Priced Meals

S School Menus
February
  Elementary
  Middle School
  High School

 

Snack Prices