What is the Lunch Program?
The school lunch program, sponsored by the Board of Education and supervised by District 101 employees, is an optional program that allows for children to stay at school for lunch. Children bring their own lunch and eat in the gym. Milk is available for a small fee.  Two nut free tables are provided for children with food allergies.

How does my child participate in the lunch program?
Children register to participate in the lunch program as often or as seldom as desired. Each month, the lunch program supervisor sends home a sign-up form for you to pre-register your child for the upcoming month. A per-day fee is due when you return your pre-registration form for the month.  The lunch program fee provides for the lunchroom supervisor, insurance, games, and activities used during the lunch hours.

If your child is registered for the lunch program but does not attend and is not absent from school, the lunch program supervisor will call your home to check on the child’s whereabouts. Therefore, if you know your child will not be attending the lunch program and is scheduled to stay, please call the school office as soon as possible.
Where and when do the children eat?
The children eat at grade-level tables in the gym. During times when the gym is used for a special activity (such as the Book Fair, etc.) lunch program students are supervised in classrooms. The lunch period runs from 11:40 to 12:30. The children go outside before or after lunch (grades 1-2 have recess after lunch, grades 3-5 have recess before), weather permitting, so they should dress accordingly. The park is used if the ground is dry; otherwise the children stay on the courts or the woodchips.