My Plate
What is included in a complete lunch meal?
To see what makes up a complete lunch meal, see the charts below for your student’s grade level. Our staff tries to ensure that your child chooses the items he/she wants, while still maintaining federal guidelines for a complete meal.
All student meals MUST have a FRUIT or VEGETABLE on the tray.
Students may decline 2 of the 5 meal components – Meat, Grain, Fruit, Vegetable and Milk -
but cannot decline BOTH Fruit and Vegetable.
Milk choices include: 0% flavored, 1% unflavored & 0% unflavored.
The meal is priced as a unit, regardless if student selects 3, 4,or 5 items.
Grades K thru 5
|
Items Offered |
Daily Serving Size |
Amount Offered Per Week |
|
Fruits (in ½ cup servings) |
½ cup |
2.5 cups |
|
Vegetables (in ½ cup servings) |
¾ cup |
3.75 cups |
|
Grains (oz. eq.) |
1-2 oz. |
8-9 oz. |
|
Meat or Meat Alternate (oz. eq.) |
1-2 oz. |
8-10 oz. |
|
Fluid Milk (in 1 cup servings) |
1 cup |
5 cups |
Grades 6 thru 8
|
Items Offered |
Daily Serving Size |
Amount Offered Per Week |
|
Fruits (in ½ cup servings) |
1 cup |
5 cups |
|
Vegetables (in ½ cup servings) |
¾ cup |
3.75 cups |
|
Grains (oz. eq.) |
1-2 oz. |
8-10 oz. |
|
Meat or Meat Alternate (oz. eq.) |
1-2 oz. |
9-10 oz. |
|
Fluid Milk (in 1 cup servings) |
1 cup |
5 cups |
Grades 9 thru 12
|
Items Offered |
Daily Serving Size |
Amount Offered Per Week |
|
Fruits (in ½ cup servings) |
1 cup |
5 cups |
|
Vegetables (in ½ cup servings) |
1 cup |
5 cups |
|
Grains (oz. eq.) |
2 oz. |
10-12 oz. |
|
Meat or Meat Alternate (oz. eq.) |
2 oz. |
10-12 oz. |
|
Fluid Milk (in 1 cup servings) |
1 cup |
5 cups |
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