Food Services

Welcome from the Nutrition Group! We enjoy serving our students healthy meals throughout the school year. We’ve been refining and improving our students' favorite foods they have come to love, and also creating delicious, exciting, new chef-inspired meals that we can’t wait to share with everyone. Our simple mission continues to shine through every aspect of our business: Caring for People. Serving Great Food.

We know you have tough decisions to make every day. Let us help by providing school lunch for your children. There are multiple advantages:

SAVE MONEY – For the 2023-24 school year, breakfast is free for all students regardless of income and lunch meals at every school cost only $2.65 a day or a total of $453 for the school year. If you qualify for reduced-price lunches through the National School Lunch Program, lunches are also free this year! To be eligible for free lunch meals, families need to complete an application unless they participate in a qualified benefits program (e.g., SNAP, TANF, or certain Medical Assistance). A qualified application may provide additional federal program benefits. If your student doesn't qualify for reduced-price lunches, pay ahead for their meals using My School Bucks.

VARIETY – No more guessing what your child will be hungry for at breakfast or lunch. Students can choose from multiple options on the serving line every day including hot and cold meals and expanded vegetarian options. Download the Nutrislice app to your phone for the fastest and easiest way to view breakfast and lunch choices and nutrition information!

BALANCED NUTRITION – School meals are nutritious and are based on USDA guidelines.

SAVE TIME – No more morning rush to serve breakfast or pack lunch!

If your child has specific needs or allergy concerns, please complete the Medical Plan of Care Form and return it to the school office.

Food Services Information

About the Nutrition Group

About The Nutrition Group

The Nutrition Group, School Food Service provider offers a variety of food services to Wissahickon School District, including the provision of school lunches for all schools in compliance with the National School Lunch Program. The Nutrition Group also provides catered events and special event food services. The Nutrition Group’s goal is to meet and exceed every client’s expectations every day. “We are the company that does what we say we are going to do.”

Nutritious free meals are available for children and teens 18 and younger at many locations throughout the nation throughout the summer while school is out of session. Use the mapping tool below to find a site near you. New sites will be added as the school year ends and throughout the summer. Please check back often for updated information.

Finding meals for kids when schools are closed

More information about the Nutrition Group

What's in a School Meal?

What's in a school meal?

National School Lunch Program

The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children each school day. For more information click the link below.

National School Lunch Program

Offer versus Serve (OVS) Guidelines

Offer versus Serve (OVS) is a provision in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) that allows students to decline some of the food offered. The goals of OVS are to reduce food waste in the school meals programs while permitting students to decline foods they do not intend to eat. For more information click the link below.

Offer verses Serve Guidelines

Smart Snack Guidelines

Starting in school year 2014-15, all foods sold at school during the school day are required to meet nutrition standards. The Smart Snacks in School regulation applies to foods sold a la carte, in the school store, vending machines, and any other venues where food is sold to students. Click the link below for more information.

Smart Snack Guidelines

Smart Snack Calculator

A simple tool that helps to determine whether a food or beverage meets the federal guidelines for the ala cart school program. Click the link below for more information.

Smart Snack Calculator

Meal Payments: My School Bucks

My School Bucks

For the 2023-24 school year, lunch meals at every school cost $2.65 or a total of $453 for the school year. Breakfast and lunch is $700 for the school year.

The Wissahickon School District uses My School Bucks to provide families the option of making online payments for school lunches and providing parents with their child's cafeteria purchase history. Please click on the link below to log on or to sign up today for a new account.

MySchoolBucks
MySchoolBucks Parent Guide
MySchoolBucks FAQs

MySchoolBucks provides:

Convenience - Available 24/7 on the web or with the Mobile App for your iPhone, Android or Windows phone!
Efficiency - Make payments for all your students, even if they attend different schools within the district. Eliminate the need for your students to take money to school.
Control - Set low balance alerts, view account activity, recurring/automatic payments & more! Monitor student cafeteria purchases and receive email notifications for low account balances.
Flexibility - Make payments using credit/debit cards and electronic checks.
Security – MySchoolBucks adheres to the highest security standards, including PCI and CISP.

Visit the School Store and Pay Now!

If you have an existing MySchoolBucks account, log in to MySchoolBucks and go to the School Store and select the fee or product that you wish to purchase. Please note there is a 3.95% fee on each transaction. Learn more in the School Store Parent Guide.

Enrollment is easy!

If you do not have an account with MySchool Bucks:

Go to MySchoolBucks and register for a free account.
You will receive a confirmation email with a link to activate your account.
Add your students using their school name and student ID (have the ID numbers handy when you log in).
Make a payment to your students’ accounts with your credit/debit card or electronic check. There is a 3.95% fee per transaction. You will have the opportunity to review any fees and cancel if you choose, before you are charged.
To learn more about enrolling and using the features in MySchoolBucks, read the Parent User Guide .

If you experience technical difficulties enrolling in MySchoolBucks, contact MySchoolBucks directly at parentsupport@myschoolbucks.com or 1-855-832-5226. If you have an issue with a product or fee in the store, please email myschoolbucks@wsdweb.org.

Food Service Request for Refund Form

To request a refund of your child(ren) food service account balance(s), please click the link below and follow the instructions listed on the form.

Request for Refund Form Food Service

Nondiscrimination Statement and Procedures for Civil Rights Complaints

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

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

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted 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; or
2. FAX: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
3. EMAIL: program.intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
05/05/2022.

Summer Food Service Program

The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 provides for free meals for students over the summer months through the Summer Food Service Program. Families can use any of the following methods to locate sites that serve free meals to children during the summer.

Summer Food Service Program
USDA National Hunger Clearinghouse

Hotline:
1-866-3-HUNGRY (1-866-348-6479)
1-877-8-HAMBRE (1-877-842-6273) (for Spanish)