Cafeteria

At Bethany we work hard at offering nutritious and homemade food, with produce from local farms and the school garden. We will offer a daily meat entrée, vegetarian entrée, as well as fresh fruits and vegetables, milk or water with each meal.

The lunch costs for 2026-27 school year

Second Entree Pricing

Lunch payments

We highly encourage parents to pay online at MyMealtime.com with no processing fee. To help reduce the cash and checks physically coming to the school, Bethany is covering the processing fees for online lunch payments.

Visit MyMealtime.com

Families whose students are direct-certified for these benefits through Medicare/SNAP will be notified by Kevin Miller in mid-to late July. Students not direct-certified may have a parent apply for these benefits by completing form linked below. Benefits cannot be backdated, so we encourage you to turn in applications prior to the start of school.

Free and Reduced Lunch applications

Depositing lunch money

There is a locked deposit box near the office and one by the cafeteria for students to deposit lunch money envelopes marked with their names. Money deposited in these boxes after 9am will be credited to your students account the following school day. No checks or cash will be processed in the cafeteria or Ala Carte lunch line. Students must have funds available in their lunch account to purchase Ala Carte and extra entrées.

Ala Carte

Ala Carte items are offered in a separate line starting in grade 6 and continuing through the high school lunch period. These items are extra and will only be sold to students who have money in his/her account. These snack items comply with USDA “Smart Snack” requirements and are all labeled with allergen and calorie information. These items will not be offered in our lower school (Grades K-5).

Charging Policy

Students will be served one daily meal but only students with a sufficient cafeteria account balance will be able to buy Ala Carte or extra entrees.

Ala Carte items are offered in a separate line starting in grade 6 and continuing through the high school lunch period. All Ala Carte items have been determined to be compliant with USDA “Smart Snack” requirements and are all labeled with allergen and calorie information. These items will not be offered in our lower school (grades K-5).

Funds received by 9am will be available for use during lunch service. No checks or cash will be processed in the Cafeteria or Ala Carte line.

Questions about food service, cafeteria and menu? Please contact Sarah Haser, Food Services Director. And please let the office know if your student has any dietary restrictions or allergies.

Offer Versus Serve (OvS)

Offer Versus Serve (OvS, english version, versión española) is a meal service method designed to reduce food waste and food costs in the National School Lunch Program without jeopardizing the nutritional integrity of the meals served.

At lunch, schools must offer all five components (fruit, vegetables, grains, meat/meat alternates, fluid milk) and students must select at least three components, one of which is 1/2 cup of fruit and/or vegetable.

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