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School Lunch Hero Day: May 2, 2025

  • Cartoon picture of eight school lunch heroes
  • Words: School Lunch Hero
  • Words: School Lunch Hero Day and five cartoon school lunch workers

Fresh Fruits and Vegetables are served daily on the serving line

Many Fresh Options Available

The Northampton Pubic Schools have FRESH fruits and vegetables on the serving line daily at each school.

These items are not always listed on the monthly menu.

We offer students choices each day of many different fruits and vegetables.

Fresh Fruits on the Serving Line!

A close-up view of a bunch of red grapes.

A close-up of a bin of yellow and red apples

Two bags of Sunkist California mandarins

A close-up view of a container filled with ripe, red strawberries.

A close-up of a group of yellow apples, some with stickers.

A close-up view of a bin full of red apples, ready for purchase.

A close-up view of a basket of ripe peaches, showcasing their fuzzy skin and vibrant colors.

A close-up of a tray filled with fresh orange slices.

May 2025 Menus

 May 2025: Elementary School Breakfast Menu

 

May 2025: Elementary School Lunch Menu

 

May 2025: Middle and High School Menu

 

 

A close-up of a flatbread topped with hummus, tomatoes, and house made basil pesto.

International Hummus Day  May 13, 2025

 

Northampton High School and JFK Middle School will be serving Mediterranean Flatbread with House Made Basil and Hummus

 

Elementary Schools will be enjoying House Made Sweet Potato Hummus

International Hummus Day 2025 Link 

 

 

 

A close-up of chickpeas, a type of legume, with the word 'CHICKPEA' written below.Clip Art picture of a bowl of hummus

Elementary School Tray: May 7, 2025

  • Blue School Meal Tray with Apple, Milk, Celery, Smile Fries, Chicken Salad on a Whole Grain Wrap, Local Lettuce and tomato Salad
    Chicken Salad on a Whole Grain Wrap, Local Little Leaf Lettuce, Tomato, and Celery. Accompanied by Oven Baked Smile Potato, Apple, and 1% Hood Milk

Oven Baked, Not Fried

Did you know?

The Northampton Public Schools Nutrition Department does not fry food.

  All food is oven baked.

None of the kitchens have frialators.

 

Fresh Vegetables on the Serving Line!

A close-up of sliced red bell peppers in a black container.

Little Leaf Lettuce

A close-up view of fresh, white cauliflower florets.

A close-up of thinly sliced cucumbers, arranged in a container.

Close-up of sliced cucumbers, showcasing their fresh green color and crisp texture.

A close-up of a container filled with orange carrot sticks.

A close-up of a bowl filled with fresh, green celery stalks.

Northampton High School Salad Bar

A salad bar with fresh spinach, apple slices, and cucumbers.

Reveal the Meal: Milk

  • 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
  • teriyaki chicken salad sandwiches
  • school meal ham and cheese on a bagel with strawberries and green beans with milk
  • school meal grilled chicken salad with fruit and a roll
  • school meal sandwich with kale salad and fruit
  • school meal salad with chick peas
  • school meal with waffles, milk, grapes, chicken buggets, and fries

What do our meals look like?

  • steak and cheese sandwiches on a tray
  • school meal turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, milk, squash, and apple, and a rollscho
  • ol lunch ham and cheese sandwich with baked chips, and applce, and cucumbers
  • vegetable wrap with tomatoes, lettuce, avocado
  • school meal, chicken wrap with cucumbers on the side
  • school lunch, honey chipotle chicken wrap with curly fries, an apple, milk, and vegetables
  • school meal salad, grilled chicken salads with croutons and cheese
  • chicken salad grinder with lettuce
  • school lunch traps of spahetti with meatballs with cucumbers and grapes on the side
  • school meal ham and cheese with tomato on a croissant, milk, corn, apple, and peppers with humus
  • stir fry chicken with peppers, broccoli, tomatoes
  • school lunch, 2 bbq chicken sliders with cole slaw, carrots and cucumbers on the side, fries, and milk
  • Blue School Meal Tray with Cheese Flatbread Calzone with marinara dipping sauce, celery, carrots, cucumbers, dip and orange slices
  • Grab and Go Meal with Chickpea Salad on whole wheat bread, hummus and carrot sticks
  • Blue School meal tray with Buffalo Chickpea Flatbread, celery, tortilla chips, apple, peaches
  • Blue School Meal Tray with Tzatziki Chicken on flatbread, strawberries, apple, sliced fresh peppers, dip, and milk
  • Blue School Meal Tray with Bagel, chick pea spread, grapes, hash brown, cucumbers, and milk
  • Blue School Meal Tray with heart shaped chicken nuggets, smile fries, kale salad with chickpeas, strawberry crisp, apple slices, and milk

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

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.