FREE/REDUCED
BREAKFAST AND LUNCH UPDATE--The
Bethel Park School District participates in the
National School Lunch Program. Please be
aware that Free/Reduced Meals are available to
those who qualify. Applications for the
2009-2010 school year are available by clicking
here. Please be advised that even
if your student(s) qualified for Free/Reduced
meals in 2008-2009, you MUST reapply for the
2009-2010 school year. If you have
questions, please call Dana Walker at
412-854-8426. |
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DISTRICT
USES QSP POINT OF SALE SYSTEM
All Bethel Park
school cafeterias use the QSP point of sale
system. All cafeterias are now
equipped with a touch screen, and once a student
enters his/her student ID number into the
system, his/her picture appears to ensure no
one but your child is accessing his/her account.
Parents have the opportunity to pre-pay for
their child's meals either by bringing cash or a
check payable to "Bethel Park School District"
to school, or you can pre-pay using a credit
card via the PayForIt.net on-line service.
Parents who opt to pay with a credit card will
be charged 5.75% per transaction. No
service fee will be charged to parents who
pre-pay with cash or check.
Even if you do not use PayForIt to pre-pay for
meals with a credit card, you can still set up a
free account for your child and have on-line
access to view your account balance, see what
your child has purchased and set up email
reminders. To access Pay For It, please
click on the logo below. Please click
here to see
some frequently asked questions about PayForIt.
We encourage you to set up an account to monitor
your child's cafeteria activity. If you
have any questions, please feel free to contact
the BPSD Food Service Department at
412-854-8754.
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welcome!
The Bethel Park School District has cafeterias
in all eight of our schools. The school
district contracts with Metz and Associates to
provide food services for all of our schools.
Lunch Prices for the 2009-2010 school year are:
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Elementary -- $1.90
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Middle School -- $2.05
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High School -- $2.20
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Elementary Gourmet -- $2.45
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Secondary Gourmet -- $2.50
Breakfast is served at Neil Armstrong Middle
School and Independence Middle School at a cost
of $1.15 and at Bethel
Park High School for $1.25.
Meals can be paid for in advance with a credit
card (see PayForIt.net information above) or by
check, payable to "BPSD FSD."
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LATEST NEWS |
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BPHS Cafeteria Staff
Earns Service Award--Congratulations
to the
BPHS Cafeteria Staff,
who
earned the Service Award, which was presented
before the October 16 Homecoming Football Game
at Bethel Park Stadium. The Service Award
is one of four awards that are presented at
Homecoming each year and the students at BPHS
wanted to honor the cafeteria staff for "the
love they show for their jobs, whether it's
remembering a student's favorite lunch order or
their name." Congratulations!
Well-deserved! |
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Cafeterias Earn Black
Diamond Awards--The Allegheny County
Health Department recently concluded inspections
at two of our school cafeterias and awarded
them with Black Diamond Awards, the highest
awards bestowed by the ACHD in recognition of
exceptional practices. The Washington
Cafeteria received 10 Black Diamonds and the
Lincoln Cafeteria received 8. Earlier
this school year, the Neil Armstrong
Cafeteria received 10 Black Diamonds;
Franklin Elementary received 9 Diamonds and
the Independence Middle School Cafeteria
was awarded 6 Diamonds. |
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• Franklin
Students Love Their Lunch Ladies--The
students at Franklin Elementary School
 wanted
to let their Lunch Ladies--Joan, Linda and
Eva--know that they appreciate all of the good
food the ladies prepare and serve to them
everyday, so they made them a special "thank
you" sign that is proudly on display in the
Franklin cafeteria! |
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 • District
Receives Grant for Dairy Machine in BPHS and IMS
Cafeterias--Food Service Director
Joe
Consolmagno submitted a successful grant
application to the Mid-Atlantic Dairy
Association to receive a 3-A-Day vending machine
for the Bethel Park High School and Independence
Middle School Cafeterias.
The machines, valued at $4,500 each, will dispense
100% dairy products. Currently the machines
are stocked with 1% white and flavored milk
pints, string cheese and three varieties of
yogurt. This high-tech machine possesses
sensitive controls, so that in the even of a
power outage, the machine will not dispense any
products if the temperature rises to a danger
range for an extended period of time. This
machine will help everyone to meet their goal of
getting three servings of dairy products a day! |
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 • Food
Service Participates in Bethel's Bounty--The
Bethel Park Food Service Department--Joe
Consolmagno, Bonnie Ambrozy and Julie
Noll--had a table at the Bethel Park
Community Foundation's Bethel's Bounty held in
November at the Community Center. Those in
attendance had an opportunity to enjoy what
Bethel Park students enjoy every day in the
cafeterias--turkey and swiss panini, Italian
panini and home-made apple crisp! |
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IMS Students Enjoy
Local Apples--Independence Middle School students had the
opportunity to sample a variety of apples,
including Red and Golden Delicious, Fuji and Braeburn, thanks to Dawson Farm, who brought the
delicious varieties to the IMS cafeteria during
the lunch periods on PA Preferred Apple Day.
Metz & Associates, the district's Food Service
Provider supports local farmers and the farmers
donated the apples for the students and staff to
enjoy as a way of saying, "Thank you." |
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HEALTHY FUNDRAISER IDEAS
If
you are planning a fundraiser, why not think
about some healthy alternatives to sugary foods?
Check out the links below for some ideas:
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