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Welcome to the Menu Page!

This is the spot where you will find the most information about what is on your child’s school meal tray!  Make sure to scroll through the entire page to see photos of actual meals served at Northampton Public Schools.  Remember!! Every student in NPS receives one free breakfast and one free lunch if they wish.

Free Meals for All Students

Every Northampton Public Schools Student may have one free breakfast and one free lunch each day.

Massachusetts provides universal free school meals to all public school students permanently, regardless of income.

This program, which includes both breakfast and lunch, became permanent in September 2023 and is funded by a combination of state and federal money. All students at participating schools are eligible to receive free meals, so families do not need to sign up or meet income requirements.

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Northampton Public Schools Menus

A blue icon of a fork and knife, symbolizing dining.

Menu Links:

August and September 2026
 

August and September 2026 Breakfast Menu

 

August and September 2026 Elementary Lunch Menu

 

August and September 2026 High School and Middle School Lunch Menu

 

New Way to See the Menu

School year 26-27

 

Words: My School Meals with a cartoon apple

A link to our NEW menu platform:

Link to the Menus

Brought to you by Health-E-Pro

 

Freshampton is pleased to introduce My School Menus by Health-e Pro. It is a mobile app with interactive menus. My School Menus allows easy access to complete nutrition information for the school meal- anytime, anywhere.

MOBILE APP FEATURES

  • Complete list of all food choices available to students
  • Nutrient data for menu items
  • Ability to Build-A-Meal and create customized meals
  • Ingredient information for certain menu items
  • Allergen identification with menu items
  • Dietary preference identification showing symbols identifying dietary preferences
  • Translation to 180 languages using Google Translate
  • Flexible printing

The My School Menus Mobile App

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Mobile App Features

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Fresh Fruits on the Serving Line!

  • Photo: close up of red grapes
  • photo: close up of strawberries
  • photo: bags of fresh Sunkist mandarin oranges
  • photo: close up of red delicious apples
  • photo: close up of nectarines
  • photo: watermelon slices in black container with metal tongs

Welcome to the CAFE: JFK Flavor Station

Photo: Table set up with different sauces to add to a student meal, featuring local Craic Sauce

Now Serving at JFK: Grow Tower Lettuce

  • Photo: The serving line at JFK Middle School cafeteria, featuring hydroponic grown lettuce, there is a sign with text: Lettuce grown right here in the JFK Grow Tower
  • Photo: Compostable bowls with tossed salad, cucumbers, tomatoes. Black containers with carrots and cucumbers.
  • photo: up close image of green lettuce
  • photo: hydroponic grow tower with lettuce growing

Reveal the Meal: Milk

  • photo: Two cartons of 1% milk, with question: Do students have to take milk with their meal?
  • graphic: Five components offered in each meal, students do not need to take milk if they select a fruit or veg and two other components
  • Grafic: benefits of taking milk, provides calcium, potassium, phosphorus, protein, vitamin A, and vitamin D. Each 8 ounce serving of flavored milk provides 33% of the calcium needs of kids aged 4 to 8, and 23% of the required calcium intake for those age

Reveal the Meal: How menu items are created and chosen

  • Graphic: Question, How are menu items created and chosen, school meal serving line photo in background
  • Graphic: Three groups go into choosing menu items: The food service director, the cafeteria staff, and partner organizations help train staff
  • Graphic: Showing the five components offered to students on a tray: Fruit, Veg, Milk, Whole grain, Meat or Meat Alternative. Students offered five, only required to take three, and one must be a half cup of fruit or vegetable
  • photo teriyaki chicken salad sandwiches
  • photo school meal ham and cheese on a bagel with strawberries and green beans with milk
  • photo school meal grilled chicken salad with fruit and a roll
  • photo school meal sandwich with kale salad and fruit
  • photo school meal salad with chick peas
  • photo school meal with waffles, milk, grapes, chicken buggets, and fries

What do our meals look like?

  • photo: steak and cheese sandwiches on a tray
  • photo: school meal turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, milk, squash, and apple, and a rollscho
  • Photo: school lunch tray with ham and cheese sandwich with baked chips, and applce, and cucumbers
  • photo: vegetable wrap with tomatoes, lettuce, avocado
  • photo: school meal, chicken wrap with cucumbers on the side
  • photo: school lunch, honey chipotle chicken wrap with curly fries, an apple, milk, and vegetables
  • photo: school meal salad, grilled chicken salads with croutons and cheese
  • photo: chicken salad grinder with lettuce
  • photo: school lunch traps of spaghetti with meatballs with cucumbers and grapes on the side
  • photo: school meal ham and cheese with tomato on a croissant, milk, corn, apple, and peppers with humus
  • photo: stir fry chicken with peppers, broccoli, tomatoes
  • photo: school lunch, 2 barbeque chicken sliders with coleslaw, carrots and cucumbers on the side, fries, and milk
  • photo: Blue School Meal Tray with Cheese Flatbread Calzone with marinara dipping sauce, celery, carrots, cucumbers, dip and orange slices
  • photo: Grab and Go Meal with Chickpea Salad on whole wheat bread, hummus and carrot sticks
  • photo: Blue School meal tray with Buffalo Chickpea Flatbread, celery, tortilla chips, apple, peaches
  • photo: Blue School Meal Tray with Tzatziki Chicken on flatbread, strawberries, apple, sliced fresh peppers, dip, and milk
  • photo: Blue School Meal Tray with Bagel, chick pea spread, grapes, hash brown, cucumbers, and milk
  • photo: Blue School Meal Tray with heart shaped chicken nuggets, smile fries, kale salad with chickpeas, strawberry crisp, apple slices, and milk
  • photo: blue school tray with a sandwich made of whole wheat bread, Tempeh BLT. Side dishes of coleslaw, watermelon slices, carrot and celery sticks, as well as a carton of milk
  • photo: blue school tray with field pea fritter (falafel), whole grain tortilla, house made tzatziki, diced red onion and tomato, sweet potato fries, local carrot sticks with house made allergen free hummus, apple, carton of milk
  • photo: school blue tray featuring Pad Thai style noodles with shredded carrot and edamame, carrot sticks and hummus, cucumber wheels and ranch dip, apple, and a carton of milk
  • photo: blue school tray featuring chickpea tikka masala over brown rice, a side salad made with little leaf lettuce and tomato slices, whole grain pita, apple, broccoli, and a carton of milk
  • photo of two bowls: one bowl filled with ramen noodles, diced chicken, and cabbage. The second bowl has ramen noodles, diced tofu, and cabbage

Food Allergens

 

 

If a meal modification is requested for your child/student, please complete the following form and submit the form to your school nurse. Thank you.

 

 

Meal Modification Form

 

Offer Vs Serve

graphic: A colorful chart illustrating the five food groups: fruits, vegetables, grains, meats, and milk. It states that you must have three of the food groups to make a breakfast or lunch.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Offer vs. Serve Policy for Lunch

A school lunch that is eligible for federal reimbursement must offer 5 food components for each meal served (milk, fruit, vegetables, grains and meat/meat alternatives. Students may decline 2 of the required 5 items offered but must select either a ½ cup fruit or vegetable or a ½ cup combination of fruit/vegetable with their meal. In addition to the fruit or vegetable, the student must select at least 2 additional food components in full amounts offered for the meal to count toward the reimbursable offer vs serve meal. The price of the meal will not be determined by the number of components the student chooses. The lunch is priced as a unit whether the student declines 2 items or chooses all 5 items. Field trip bag lunches or special occasion meals in the classroom contain all 5 food components and are exempt from this policy.

 

Offer vs. Serve for Breakfast

A school breakfast that is eligible for reimbursement shall offer 3 food components (milk, fruit and grains) that consists of a minimum of 4 items. Students may decline 1 food item, but must select at least ½ cup of fruit or fruit combination. After choosing the ½ cup of fruit, students must select the other food components in the full amounts to count toward the reimbursable offer vs. serve meal. The price of the meal will not be determined by the number of components the student chooses. The breakfast is priced as a unit whether the student accepts all 4 items or declines.