Nutrition Program
Welcome to the 26/27 school year! My name is Chef Mo Thurman and I am the Food Program Director here at NMSA. NMSA is a Community Eligibility Program (CEP). This means we are no longer requiring applications for our school meal program, and your student is eligible to eat both breakfast and lunch free of charge in our cafeteria. Only if your student eats seconds, will there be a charge of $5 for lunch and $3 for breakfast. For all students with allergies, we need a Dr’s note on file. The links to allergy forms are above and can be brought to the cafeteria or emailed to me at the address below. These will be kept confidential. Our team will provide alternatives for any allergies. In addition, vegetarian options are available for all meals.
Our team is certified fresh! This means that we are in compliance with Healthy Universal School Meals NM, and we provide 75% from scratch meals to your student! We proudly provide healthy meals, as well as a culturally competent menu that honors New Mexican roots and explores other cultures as well. Please encourage your student to eat with us, as it helps us maintain funding for our program! We also have some exciting new additions to our food program this year, and information will be made available as it comes!
Cafeteria hours:
Breakfast Mon-Fri 8:30-9am
Lunch Monday 12-12:45pm
Tue-Fri 12-12:40pm
Please review Lunch/Breakfast etiquette with students:
- We are an “offer vs serve” program. Meals must contain 3 items to qualify as a reimbursable meal. It must contain protein, 1 grain, and 1 vegetable/fruit, OR protein/veg/fruit.
- Lunch and breakfast are to be eaten in the cafeteria, the paseo, or courtyard only.
- If you are not eating in the cafeteria, please request a paper tray.
- If your student brings lunch from home, please provide them with silverware to eat with. Our resources are limited in providing silverware for everyone, and we want to limit the use of plasticware.
- Clean messes in the microwave, please. We have sanitation buckets and rags situated at each microwave station.
- Please be conscious of your silverware. Make sure it makes it to the bus tubs and that it
does not end up in the garbage. - To reduce food waste, we have a Share Fridge. Any uneaten packaged food or milk can go into that fridge, to be eaten later or for another student. If cold food is brought from home, we can hold it in the kitchen.
May your belly and heart always be full,