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Dear Parents:
The new school year is upon us,
and we want to extend a warm welcome and let you know
that Chartwells School Dining Services has some
exciting events planned for your child's school
cafeteria. Our job is to make sure that we serve
healthy,
well-balanced meals, and that our customers
enjoy what they eat. We also strive to make the dining
experience a special one,
so we've planned some
activities designed to appeal to all of our customers.
As we begin the 2011-2012 school year,
Chartwells School Dining Services is pleased to
introduce its new Simply Good
campaign, a year-long
schedule of promotions and special event activities
implemented to encourage students' selections of
USDA approved meals.
This year's annual campaign
theme, Simply Good, consists of five individual
promotions to build excitement in the cafeteria
for
elementary, middle and high school students throughout
the school year. These exciting promotions aim to
improve school
meal participation and educate your
elementary, middle and high school students about the
importance of eating healthful and
balanced meals.
We have 5 individual campaigns planned
throughout the school year:
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Simply
Good Fresh & Local - September / October
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Simply
Good Food - November / December
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Simply
Good Meals - January / February
-
Simply
Good Nutrition - March
-
Simply
Good Flexitarian - April / May
There is a public facing site for
this campaign at
www.simplygoodfood.org. We hope that
you are able to stay in touch with
us and to
contribute your thoughts on our blog.
We're
looking forward to a great year ahead. We hope that you
will support Simply Good and our efforts to create fun
and
inviting dining environments within your
schools.
We will provide our young customers with
coloring sheets and activity sheets on the district web
site which will follow the
promotion throughout the school year. The website will
also include the monthly menu and the quick link to
Cafe Prepay where you can add money to your child's
account at your convenience. If you want to learn
more about Chartwells and nutrition please go to
www.eatlearnlive.com.
We have a wonderful computerized debit system.
This system allows you to pay in advance for meals and ala carte
foods (milk, juice, chips etc.). All students and adults are
required to enter their PIN number regardless of meal status or
payment method, thus insuring everyone's privacy. Although we
recommend that all students and adults prepay money on their account
for speed of service, students and adults will still be able to
pay cash on a daily basis as they have in the past. The system
works with a twelve key PIN pad (located near the end of the serving
line). It will allow your child to enter their 4 or 5 digit PIN
to access their account. Please help your child memorize their
number. The PIN will stay the same throughout the remaining
years your child is enrolled at the City of St. Charles School
District regardless of the school the child is attending.
Kindergarten PIN numbers will be mailed to your home before school
starts. A list of student names and PIN numbers along with
account balances will be available at the orientations held at each
school for all students in K-12th grades. To prevent fraudulent
use of student accounts, we have a picture of each student currently
in the system. As new students enroll and have pictures taken
the data base will be updated.
Money will be deducted from
an account when the student/adult uses the account to purchase meals
and/or ala carte items. The system will know the meal status of
your child (Paid, Reduced or Free) and will deduct the correct
amount from the account. There is no limit to the amount of
money that can be deposited into the account. Low balance letters
and negative balance letters will be sent home to elementary
students only.
The charge policy is as follows: Up to 3
breakfast and 3 lunch charges for elementary students; 1 breakfast
and 1 lunch for Intermediate and Middle School students; no
charging for High School students.
All students account
balances are held in the system from year to year and school to
school. Refunds are made to students graduating or leaving the
district. You may contact our office for a refund or to discuss a
refund for other reasons. Please log on to
www.pay4lunch.com to
make payments on line and check the current account balance. You
will need their student ID number, which you can get from the
school secretary or our office.
Please complete a meal
application to see if your child qualifies for the Free and Reduced
Meal Program. A new application must be completed and turned
into your child's school to continue meal benefits from the previous
year. If your child was approved for free or reduced meals at
the end of last year, their account will expire on September 21,
2011.
Please contact me to share any suggestions, concerns
or comments.
Shirley Derby,
Dining Service Director
Chartwells School Dining Services
City
of St. Charles School District
400 North 6th Street
St.
Charles, MO 63301
636-443-4016 phone
636-443-4052 fax
sderby@mail.stcharles.k12.mo.us
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