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Back To School: Lunch Menus for Sept. 6-7

A quick guide to school lunch prices and a look at the menu for the first week of school.

Needham Public Schools are back in session.

School lunch prices remain the same as last year, and include:

  • $2.30 per lunch for elementary students;
  • $2.35 per lunch for middle and high school students;
  • and $3.30 per lunch for certain “gourmet” lunches at Pollard and NHS.

A new application for free and reduced meals will be sent home with students at the beginning of school. Students who were eligible for this program last year will remain eligible into October until the new application is completed.

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Parents should have received their child’s lunch account balances and PINs by mail toward the end of August. For more information about lunch accounts, visit the Nutrition Services page on the district website.

This year, Needham schools are following new food regulations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Read more about these rules in from NPS Nutrition Services Director Ruth Griffin. to read about some of the great nutrition programs already going on in Needham.

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School menus for the week of Sept. 6-7 are below. Monthly menus are available on the Nutrition Services page.

Elementary School Menu

For Broadmeadow, Eliot, Hillside, Mitchell and Newman

Thursday, Sept. 6 Friday, Sept. 7 Deli-style Hot Dog on a Roll
Potato Puffs
Baked Veggie Beans
Wide Variety Fresh Fruit 3 Cinnamon-glazed French Toast Sticks
Canadian Bacon-style Turkey Ham
Warm Cinnamon Apples
Mandarin Orange-Tossed Salad
Wide Variety Fresh Fruit

High Rock School Menu

Thursday, Sept. 6

Friday, Sept. 7

Turkey w/ Cheese Wrap
Sweet Potato Fries
Marinated Cucumber Salad
Graham Crackers
Wide Variety Fresh Fruit 

Mexican Quesadilla
Sweet Corn Niblets
Mexican Side Salad
Salsa
Pudding
Wide Variety Fresh Fruit

Pollard Middle School Menu

Thursday, Sept. 6

Friday, Sept. 7 Teriyaki Chicken Burger/wheat
w/ p'apple,lett,tom,mayo
Glazed Carrots
Fortune Cookie
Mixed Salad Greens
Wide Variety Fresh Fruit Soft Shell Beef Taco w/ lettuce, tomato, cheese
Salsa
Sour Cream
Marinated Cucumber Salad
Sweet Corn Niblets
Wide Variety Fresh Fruit

Needham High School Menu

Thursday, Sept. 6

Friday, Sept. 7

Chicken Fingers
Dipping Sauces
Steamy Mashed Potatoes
Fresh Garden Salad
Wide Variety Fresh Fruit

Gourmet Burger
(spec'l sauce, let'ce..)
Corn on the Cob
Greek Salad
Wide Variety Fresh Fruit

Menus are subject to change.

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