{"id":219,"date":"2011-05-25T01:40:17","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T06:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.mam.projects.heph.aest.us\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:22:07","slug":"school-lunch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mps.school\/maryland\/families\/school-lunch\/","title":{"rendered":"School Lunches &amp; Breakfasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;page-intro&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Maryland Avenue Montessori follows the pre-pack, traditional menu. <a href=\"https:\/\/mpsmke.com\/menus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the current lunch &amp; breakfast menus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||40px||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert alert-warning\">\n<h2 style=\"color: #856404!important;\">Allergy Alert<\/h2>\n<p>Maryland Avenue Montessori School and all our classrooms are NUT-FREE zones. Please refrain from sending classroom snacks or tasting items containing nuts and nut-butters. Classroom teachers may communicate additional food\/food items that will be prohibited in their own classrooms for the health and safety of all students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Free Breakfast, Lunch, and Milk<\/h2>\n<p>Every MPS student is eligible to receive breakfast and lunch at no cost, and Maryland Avenue follows the district\u2019s fee-free universal breakfast and lunch policy. At this time, Maryland Avenue is not offering a&#038;#768 la carte milk. Free school lunches include one milk; students can sign up for free lunch to receive milk.<\/p>\n<h2>School Nutrition Information<\/h2>\n<p>Milwaukee Public Schools follow federal nutrition guidelines, serving more fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy than ever before. School nutrition professionals prepare and serve balanced, nutritious meals in age-appropriate portion sizes that provide essential nutrition and promote healthy childhood weights.<\/p>\n<p>School lunch provides one-third of the recommended dietary allowances of protein, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, iron, calcium, and calories. School breakfast provides one-fourth of the recommended calories and nutrients per day.<\/p>\n<h2>Cold Lunch<\/h2>\n<p>Students may choose to bring a cold lunch. Families are encouraged to send a balanced, nutritious meal. Children are not allowed to drink sodas or eat candy with their lunches.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maryland Avenue Montessori follows the pre-pack, traditional menu. View the current lunch &amp; breakfast menus. Allergy Alert Maryland Avenue Montessori School and all our classrooms are NUT-FREE zones. Please refrain from sending classroom snacks or tasting items containing nuts and nut-butters. Classroom teachers may communicate additional food\/food items that will be prohibited in their own [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":38,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/MPS-English\/COO\/Documents\/Menus\/MenuFinderForYourChildren-October2023-20230926.pdf\">View the current lunch &amp; breakfast menus<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<em>Please take note: our classrooms are NUT-FREE zones.\u00a0 Please refrain from sending classroom snacks or tasting items containing nuts and nut-butters.\u00a0 Classroom teachers may communicate additional food\/food items that will be prohibited in their own classrooms for the health and safety of all students.\u00a0<\/em>\r\n\r\n(Maryland uses the pre-pack, traditional menu).\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Every MPS student is eligible to receive breakfast and lunch at no cost.\u00a0 At this time we are not offering an a la carte milk.\u00a0 If a student would like a milk at lunch, have them sign up for our fee free school lunch which includes a milk.<\/strong><\/em>\r\n<h2>School Nutrition Information<\/h2>\r\nMilwaukee Public Schools follow federal nutrition guidelines serving more fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy than ever before. 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Please support us in this mission by trying to exclude nuts and nut-based butters from your child's lunches and snacks.\r\n<h2>Breakfast Program<\/h2>\r\nMaryland Avenue Montessori offers\u00a0a universally fee free breakfast to any child who would like one.","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-219","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/maryland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/maryland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/maryland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/maryland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/maryland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/maryland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/maryland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/maryland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}