Meals

For the 2024-25 School Year, we are proud to partner with Martin Brothers, a K-12 school nutrition supplier based out of Iowa.

Monthly breakfast and lunch menus are linked above and available for all students and families online on SchoolCafe.

Breakfast

• MMSD participates in the USDA School Breakfast Program. Our menus offer a variety of whole grain-rich entrees, protein options, two servings of fruit, and access to milk daily. Students build a complete meal by selecting at least three items of their choice, one of which must be a ½ cup fruit serving.

Lunch

• MMSD participates in the USDA National School Lunch Program.  Students can create their own meal from five food groups: grains, protein, vegetable, fruit, and milk.  Students are welcome to take all five food groups available daily or they may build a complete meal by choosing at least 3 food groups, one of which must be ½ cup of fruit and/or vegetable. Nutrient content and portion sizes vary between elementary and secondary schools to meet the nutritional needs of students.

Good nutrition is key to learning. The meals served to MMSD students are analyzed weekly to evaluate calories, sodium, saturated fat, and trans fat, following ranges and limits that are appropriate for the student’s age group.

Meeting these targets ensures that our meals provide students with one third of their daily dietary requirements at lunch and one fourth of their daily nutrition needs at breakfast.

We are dedicated to limiting the amount of added sugars in common breakfast items, such as grain-based cereals, yogurts, dried fruit, and flavored milk.  At the elementary schools, chocolate milk is only available at lunch.

In 2023-24, all of the grains offered in our school meals and snacks were whole grain-rich. For the 2024-25 school year, we continue to ensure that at least 80 percent of the weekly grains offered in the school meal programs are primarily whole grain (containing at least 50 percent whole grains). Should we  occasionally offer enriched grain foods it will be to meet students’ cultural needs and flavor preferences.

Certain MMSD schools are eligible for Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) to receive a healthy breakfast and lunch at school at no charge for the school year (see below for full list of schools). All students at these 16 CEP schools will be able to participate in these meal programs without having to pay a fee or submit a meal application. However, we will still be requesting applications from households with a student participating in the CEP. Completing the application is still necessary for other programs, and may be used to determine if your household is eligible for these additional benefits.

• Anana Elementary
• Badger Rock Middle School
• Black Hawk Middle School
• Capital High
• Hawthorne Elementary
• Henderson Elementary
• Lake View Elementary
• Leopold Elementary
• Lindbergh Elementary
• Mendota Elementary
• Orchard Ridge Elementary
• Sandburg Elementary
• Schenk Elementary
• Sherman Middle
• Southside Elementary
• Wright Middle

Once you have created or logged in to your School Cafe account, click “make a payment” to deposit funds via credit card or bank account information. There is a $2.25 service charge per online deposit. 

Alternatively, you can send a check or cash with your student to school, where the front office or food service staff  can add funds to their account without incurring a charge.  Please make checks payable to Food and Nutrition or your school’s name.  In the memo line, please add the first and last name of the student.

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