Child Nutrition

 

CHILD NUTRITION ANNOUNCEMENTS 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR
Welcome to the ACA Student Nutrition Breakfast & Lunch Program!

 

Announcement of Federal Grant for Reduced- Breakfast Meal Eligible Students EXTENDED for 2024-2025 school year --- Cost will be Zero for the 2024-2025 School Year

The federal government has extended the grant begun in the 2023-2024 school year so that the cost for reduced price breakfast meals will be zero for the 2024-2025 school year.  Normally, the cost is 30 cents for a reduced-price breakfast meal.  The grant does NOT affect the cost of reduced price lunch meals which will remain at 40 cents.  This change affects only the reduced price breakfast meal.

 

Meal Vendor for Arlington Classics Academy

Twelve Oaks Catering and Food Service of Dallas, TX will continue to be the meal vendor for breakfast and lunch service at ACA.

Twelve Oaks has been serving the DFW area since 1989. They are in partnership with many schools and some businesses. They are committed to using local products and resources to provide a meal program that includes:

Twelve Oaks has their own in-house bakery which provides home-baked bread goods that are included in their breakfast and lunch menus. These items include muffins, cinnamon rolls, sticky buns, fruit pastries, bagels, bread sticks, yeast rolls, cornbread, and biscuits, among others. Twelve Oaks is committed to high quality fresh foods.

Twelve Oaks also provides choice. Each breakfast meal includes two choices of entree. Each lunch meal provides 2-3 delicious entree options. All meals meet the high standards dictated by the National School Lunch Program for sodium, fat, vegetable components, and whole grain components.

• quality lean meats including turkey, turkey ham, chicken breast meat/baked drumsticks/baked thighs, and ground beef (no pork is included in their menus),
• wholesome low-fat cheeses, various yogurts, and eggs,
• fresh home-made breads many of which are whole grain,
• a wide variety of fresh vegetables ~ which are cooked and prepared in their kitchen,
• salads of lettuce mixes and dark, green leafy produce such as romaine, spinach, and kale, and
• fresh fruits including melons, berries, and tropical fruits all within their own juice, not a syrup.

Check out these delicious lunch meals served in your school cafe' !!!  

     

PROCEDURES FOR PARTICIPATING

IN THE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PROGRAM

 

• Menus will be distributed to parents by email and through the school office of every campus on or around the 15^th of each month. Menus are also available to view on the ACA website. Students may still bring meals from home if they choose not to eat meals provided by the cafeteria.
• Cash or check payments can be made for student meals at ACA Central Administration, 5206 S. Bowen Rd, Arlington, TX 76017.  Credit or debit card payments are only accepted online through ezschoolpay.com

• Whether paying by debit or credit card, all parents must set up a parent account then link it to their student (using student ID number) at http://www.ezschoolpay.com Parents needing assistance in setting up their student's account may email yvitovsky@acaedu.net
• Families with multiple siblings at ACA may link lunch account balances for all siblings, reducing the need to add funds separately to each child's account. Please call the Central Admin on 817-987-1819 for details.

• Application forms for “Free or Reduced-Price Meals” are available at any ACA campus or the central administration building.  ALL meal forms should be returned to the central administration building for processing.  Failure to return the form to the central administration building may delay the processing of your form.

  

Breakfast and Lunch Meal Prices

    

	Student	Reduced	Adult
Breakfast (including milk and juice)	$3.59	$.00	$4.59
Lunch (including milk)	$4.99	$.40	$5.99
Extra Milk	$ .60	$ .60	$ .60
Extra Juice	$ .60	$ .60	$ .60

A la carte items range in price from $0.60 to $4.99 each. The meal application for free or reduced-price meal benefits may be picked up at any ACA campus or the central administration building.

 

Non-discrimination Policy:  

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at How to File a Program Discrimination Complaint and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: (1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.