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 Schools 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. www.fns.usda.gov/summerfoodrocks

For more information about The Nutrition Group please visit our website at http://www.thenutritiongroup.biz/

For questions about food service, contact our Food Services Director, Cindy Hill,  at wissahickon@thenutritiongroup.biz or by phone, 215-619-8112, ext. 8083.

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What's in a school meal?

• What's in a meal? Offer vs. Serve for Elementary and Middle Schools
• What's in a meal? Offer vs. Serve for High School
• What's for breakfast? Shady Grove, Lower Gwynedd, Stony Creek, Blue Bell and Wissahickon Middle School

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.

OVS 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

The Free and Reduced Lunch Application is Available Online

Annual Household Notification Letter

• Household Letter 2021-22 - English
• Household Letter 2021-2022 - Spanish
• Household Letter 2021-2022 - Korean

To get started visit: https://www.schoolcafe.com/WissahickonSD

Watch video instructions on completing an application

View School Cafe Eligibility Instructions 

It is faster and easier for parents to apply for free and reduced meals. This service enables families to receive program benefits faster than using the paper application. Your application is electronically submitted directly to the central office for processing. If you have any questions, please contact Katie Meyer by email or phone, 215-619-8000 ext 1110.

Need a computer with Internet access?

Computers with Internet access are available at either branch of the Wissahickon Valley Public Library!

Income Eligibility Guidelines

My SchoolBucks

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.

• www.myschoolbucks.com
• MySchoolBucks Parent Guide
• MySchoolBucks FAQs

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, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.

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 Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may 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 complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing cust.html, 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. E-mail: program.intake@usda.gov.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Procedures to handle Nutritional/Food Service Civil Rights Complaints

Procedures & Form