Food
Childcare Healthy Food Program
Overview
A healthy brain starts with a healthy diet. At NMCS children are provided nutritionally balanced meals every day.
Children enrolled in full day preschool receive breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack daily. While school is in session, our elementary and middle school students receive afternoon snack. During school breaks and summer vacations, all students receive a balanced and healthy breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack, ensuring that all our students have reliable food security when the free or reduced-price lunch programs at their school are not in operation.
Children learn to make healthy food choices and develop positive eating habits. With an emphasis on cooking from scratch in our commercial kitchen, we create meals following nutrition standards that consist of the following five food groups:
- Fresh vegetables
- Fresh fruit
- Meat or Meat Alternative Proteins
- Whole and Enriched Grains
- Fat Free Milk. Students who cannot process traditional dairy milks are served nondairy alternatives, such as soy milk, that meet government mandated nutrition standards
At NMCS we also cater to children with various food allergies, substituting components as necessary without sacrificing nutritional value.
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Knowing that my child will receive healthy meals and dedicated care and nourishment has been an incredible relief during these chaotic and unprecedented times. Thank you to NMCS!