Child Nutrition

Now Available:  A New Way to Pay for School Lunches

In January, parents will have the option to pay for school lunches online using a credit card.   The exciting new payment option is called MySchoolBucks, a system that allows parents to make deposits into their children’s school meal accounts, view account balances, create payment reminders and review purchase history.   A $2 fee (per transaction) will be charged to use the online program.  Parents can also continue to pay for their child’s school lunch using cash or check. To enroll, please visit http://www.myschoolbucks.com.

Learn how to pay for school lunches online.

Read a parent letter with more details about MySchoolBucks.

Ritenour School District is committed to the value of providing nutritious and appetizing meals to students and the positive impact on academic achievement. A hungry child cannot learn.

Students are encouraged to eat nutritious meals and to practice healthy eating habits. Ritenour cafeterias feature a wide variety of selections which are popular with students as well as nutritionally sound. Menus include items such as pizza with whole grain crust, salads, sandwiches, home style casseroles, fresh and canned fruits and vegetables, whole grain breads, juices, white and flavored milks.

Monthly menus are distributed by each school, published in local newspapers and recorded on the Menu Hotline: (314) 493-6092

Menus:

School for Early Childhood Education
Elementary – K-1
Elementary – 2nd – 5th Grade
Middle School
High School
Fruit & Vegetable Bar

Meals are priced as a unit and students should select full servings of at least three food items. Students may bring their lunch to school, however drinks must be in cans, not bottles. Food and drink must be consumed in the cafeteria. Breakfast is also available.

Free and Reduced Prices

Free or reduced priced meals are provided to the students who qualify based on family size and income as determined by the federal guidelines. Free and Reduced Price School Meals Family Applications are distributed to all Ritenour students at the beginning of the school year and can be downloaded here.
Applications are also available in the school offices or by calling Ritenour Child Nutrition Services at
(314) 493-6095.

Families are encouraged to apply/reapply for free or reduced price school meals at any time during the school year if household size goes up, income goes down, or if start getting food stamps, temporary assistance or other benefits.

NOTE: Use ONE Free and Reduced Price School Meals Application for all Ritenour students in the household for each new school year. Please return it to the Child Nutrition Services office at 9110 St. Charles Rock Road (if before the first day of school) or the school café manager (if on or after the first day of school).

Free and Reduced Price School Meals Family Application

Instructions for Applying

Patty Poretti
Director of Child Nutritional Services
email
(314) 493-6097

Deana Hill
Child Nutrition Supervisor
email
(314) 493-6095