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WELCOME TO THE EL MOLINO FOOD SERVICE DEPARTMENT
IT’S TIME TO CLEAN UP STUDENT MEAL ACCOUNTS
This is a friendly reminder that your student may owe money on their cafeteria meal account that needs to be paid by the end of the school year. Parents with students owing money on their meal account will be contacted over the summer.
Payment can be made with cash or check anytime at the El Mo Cafe or Lion’s Lair. Or parents can pay online at www.MyNutrikids.com. Email Gayle Dyer, Food Services Coordinator at gdyer.do@wscuhsd.k12.ca.us or call 707.824.2338 for more information.
NEW FOR 2012 AT THE EL MO CAFE!
FRESH DAILY SALAD BAR – The New Year and the new semester are bringing exciting changes to the El Mo Cafe. The daily lunch menu will now include a serve yourself salad bar. The salad bar is available for full meals deals, or for side salads to accompany main entrees.
The Lion’s Lair – NEW SNACK BAR OPENS – Use of the El Mo Café has been successful – so successful that students are now experiencing lines and crowding. To shorten the lines and ease crowding, the old student store located on the main quad has been outfitted to serve as the new “Lion’s Lair” Snack Bar. Full meal deals will be available in El Mo Café beginning January 9, 2012, with select “Grab and Go” meal deals offered daily out of the Snack Bar. Grab and Go meals will include pizza, spicy chicken and deli sandwiches. A variety of healthy beverages and snacks will still be sold individually a la carte in the Lion’s Lair Snack Bar.
DON’T MISS OUT ON FULL MEAL DEALS – Full meals are a great deal! Students can choose the salad bar as their meal, or have an entrée and side salad. Either way, the meal includes milk, fruit juice or fresh fruit, and a reduced fat treat.
Please Note: A complimentary self service ice water dispenser is now available in the cafeteria. Therefore, bottled water will no longer be included with the meal.
NEW CHARGE POLICY: Charging up to $10.00 will continue to be allowed for purchase of full meal deals. Beginning January 9, 2012, students will no longer be able to charge snack or a la carte items.
NEW FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2011-2012
- NEW Online Applications for Reduced and Free lunches beginning August 1, 2011. More information here.
- NEW Prices for Student Meals.
BRUNCH $1.75 LUNCH $3.00.
Reduced Price Meals: BRUNCH: 30¢ LUNCH: 40¢
Students eligible for free meals receive brunch and lunch at no charge.
The cost for adults is $2.25 for brunch and $3.50 for lunch. - NEW Farm to School Program. El Mo Cafe will be Serving Local Produce and Fruit, featuring Harvest of the Month specialties grown in Sonoma County:
January – Citrus
February – Beets
March – Cabbage
April – Carrots
May – Strawberries - NEW Fall, Winter and Spring Menus, featuring popular recipes, more home style cooking and the self serve choices that high school students prefer.
- 2012 Menu
- NEW Kitchen Supervisor. Welcome to Tommie Milleman, the District’s new kitchen supervisor. Tommie supervised El Molino’s site for many years, and will now be working at Analy and overseeing food preparation for all three high schools.
IMPORTANT FREE & REDUCED MEAL APPLICATION INFORMATION FOR EL MOLINO PARENTS AND STUDENTS
Free & Reduced Meal Applications- NEW FOR THE 2011-12 SCHOOL YEAR: Save paper and time by applying online! Online applications available Aug. 1, 2011 at www.schoollunchapp.com. The online process is SAFE, SECURE and PRIVATE! Online applications will be accepted starting August 1, 2011. Download more information here.
Links to download 2011-12 English Letter and Application
Links to download 2011-12 Spanish Letter and Application.
Attention to parents of students new to the District applying for free or reduced price meals: Parents of student new to the district – including all incoming freshmen – should be sure to provide a sack lunch, send cash, prepay online at MyNutrikids.com®, or place money on their student’s meal account at the cafeteria for the first day of school and until the application is approved. Eligibility for free or reduced meals does not begin until the application is processed, and this can take up to 10 days
Attention to parents of returning students eligible for free meals last school year: If your student was enrolled at Analy, El Molino or Laguna High Schools last school year and was eligible for free or reduced meals, their eligibility will extend to the first 30 operating days of the school year. This 30 day grace period will end on September 28, 2011. Since new applications can take up to 10 days to process, be sure to submit your student’s new meal application as soon as possible after the school year starts to ensure no interruption in their free or reduced meal eligibility.
Fast Fact: in School Year 2010-2011, El Molino’s Food Service program served 50,625 complete meals to students eligible for free and reduced price meals (brunch and lunch).
USE THE EL MO CAFE AND FOOD CARTS FOR FAST, CONVENIENT SERVICE AND GOOD TASTING, NUTRITIOUS FOOD
At the El Molino Food Service Program we believe that healthy bodies make healthy minds. Our food service program is designed to support the education of the students at El Molino High School by providing nutritious, well-balanced meals at the El Mo Cafe (cafeteria) that our diverse group of students will enjoy – at a reasonable price they can afford.
NEW Farm to School Program. – now – At El Molino High School! Your student(s) will be eating a variety of locally grown fruits and vegetables this school year thanks to cooperation between Food Service, school and district staff, local farmers and area agencies that support Farm to School. The El Mo Cafe will be featuring Harvest of the Month specialties grown in Sonoma County:
January – Citrus
February – Beets
March – Cabbage
April – Carrots
May – Strawberries
For parents that support Farm to School <<< Click Here<<<
2012 Menu
New Menus for 2011-2012
MON: Serve Yourself Bars including: Taco, Burger, Pasta, Baked Potato, Soup & Sandwich
TUES: Pizza and Salad Bar Day
WED: Home Style cooking with meals just like Mom makes
THURS: Delicious Hot Sandwiches with all the trimmings
FRI: Theme Day featuring Pan Asian, South of the Border, Italian and All American favorites
Fast Fact:Breakfast and lunch are served at the El Mo Cafe daily. Prices for Complete Student Meals are BRUNCH $1.75 LUNCH $3.00.
Reduced Price Meals: BRUNCH: 30¢ LUNCH: 40¢
Students eligible for free meals receive brunch and lunch at no charge.
The cost for adults is $2.25 for brunch and $3.50 for lunch.
Our staff believes that the students are our customers, and without them we would not be here. Led by Tommie Milleman, the El Mo Cafe staff consists of Staci Smith, Robin Andreacchi and Ana Solorio, a hardworking team that create food that not only meets federal and State nutritional guidelines, but is wholesome and tasty.
Meals are served to students through the federally funded United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs during the regular school year and summer school. These meals must meet special guidelines set by the USDA, and our menus must conform to rigid standards and follow the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA). Thanks to the support of our parents, students, faculty, staff and administration, in School Year 2010-2011, El Molino’s Food Services program served 60,421 complete meals (brunch and lunch).
Online Access to Prepayment Accounts at MyNutrikids.com®
Want to see what you or your child’s school meal account balance is? Interested in knowing what food purchases you or your child have made over the last month? Setting up an online account at MyNutrikids.com® is a free, fast, easy and secure way for students or parents to view account balances and a 30 day transaction history. In order for this information to be available online, all students are required to use their account when purchasing items from either the El Mo Cafe or at the Snack Bar. To access their accounts in the serving lines, students simply enter their student ID number into a pin pad located at each cash register. Once entered, the student’s account and school picture appears on the cash register screen and any purchases are tracked on the student’s account.
Take this link to download parent instructions on how to sign up for a student meal account.
Fast Fact:MyNutrikids.com® provides students and parents 24/7 self service access to their account.
Now Prepay on MyNutrikids.com®
Deposits can easily be made to student accounts online at MyNutrikids.com® with debit/credit card or PayPal™ account (small convenience fees may apply). Deposits to student accounts can also be made at the Elmo Café at designated cash registers during any meal service, before school or between classes with cash or check.
Fast Fact: The easiest way to make school meals easy and worry free is by prepaying online or with cash or check.
CHARGE POLICY FOR STUDENT MEAL ACCOUNTS
In the event a student forgets, loses, or does not have money for brunch or lunch, they are allowed to charge on their student meal account. The maximum permitted to be charged by a student is $10.00 for complete meals only. As of January 9, 2012, students may no longer charge a la carte or snack items. All past due amounts must be paid in full by the end of each semester.
Parents can easily set up and check their student’s meal account online for past due amounts at www.mynutrikids.com. Or, for student meal account status, call Gayle Dyer or Tommie Milleman at 707-824-2338.
Payments to meal accounts can be made online at www.mynutrikids.com, or at the school cafeteria by cash or check.
During the semester, cashiers will remind students that they have money due on their accounts. If these amounts aren’t paid by the end of each semester, students will no longer be allowed to charge, and parents will be contacted.
If you do not wish for your child to be allowed to charge food at the cafeteria, please contact or call Gayle Dyer or Tommie Milleman at 707-824-2338. A pop up note will be placed on their meal account. This note will appear on the computer screen when your student goes through the cafeteria line and they will not be permitted to charge.
Fast Fact: Cash slows down the serving lines. Please help keep the lines moving fast prepaying on your account rather than paying for each purchase with cash.
Let us know what you think. We appreciate your comments, suggestions and feedback. Please contact us and let us know what you think about our services and menu items.
INFORMATION FOR EL MOLINO FACULTY
Need Meals for Field Trips?
The El Molino cafeteria will provide brunches and/or lunches for field trips for you and your students with a 48 hour notice. Complete the attached form and submit to the El Molino cafeteria.
A 48 hour notice is required.
Contact Information:
El Molino High School Food Services Department 7050 Covey Road, Forestville, CA 95436 Phone: 707-824-6517 or 824-2338
Gayle Dyer, Food Services Coordinator, Email: gdyer.do@wscuhsd.k12.ca.us
Tommie Milleman, Kitchen Supervisor, Email: tmilleman.ehs@wscuhsd.k12.ca.us