Food Service

Nutrition is very important and we want to make sure that students have all the facts they need to make healthy choices for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Latest Breakfast and Lunch Menus*

Plan your next nutritious meal at Chelsea Public Schools.

• Jan Menu at Burke Complex
• Jan Menu at Early Learning Center
• Jan Menu at Early Learning Center (pre-k)
• Jan Menu at Shore Collaborative
• Jan Lunch Menu at Clark
• Jan Lunch Menu at Browne and Wright
• Jan Lunch Menu at Chelsea High
• Chelsea Nutrition Calculator: Parents and Students can now view nutritional information for the elementary level! (Note: this PDF file contains macros which may trigger a request for permission dialog box in your browser. Adobe Reader® suggested for viewing.)

Tray-less Breakfast and Tray-less Tuesday

Polystyrene lunch trays are used in schools across the country, and the waste they create is very damaging to the environment. Polystyrene products require large quantities of petroleum products for their creation, and recycling them produces even more pollution. The trays themselves can take hundreds of years to biodegrade, causing more pollution in the process.

I would like to remove trays for breakfast all together, and initiate Tray-less Tuesdays. By choosing one day out of each week (Tuesdays) I would like remove all polystyrene trays for the entire lunch period. (Trays will be made available under registers, if there are students in need of them only). This will be effective on Monday April 4th.

Although this solution still involves the use of the trays, removing them will amount to a huge savings to the district and for the environment.

If Tray-less Tuesday works well, I would like to remove them beginning in the 2011-12 school year.

This project will enable the Chelsea School Lunch Program to reduce waste and work towards a more environmentally sustainable district and save several amount of money. The final results could save as much as 25-30% less waste, according to a 2008 study done by a food service management company.

ARAMARK Food Service Department

Healthy for Life: Nutritional Information Portal

Information on choosing healthy, nutritional lifestyles!

• Chelsea Nutrition Calculator: Parents and Students can now view nutritional information for the elementary level!
• Latest Edition of Healthy For Life
• Healthy Kids
• Healthy Whole Grains
• Healthy Parent Brochure
• Quarterly Parent Newsletter

We also recommend looking at the following sites for nutritional information:

• My Food Pyramid: "The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, an organization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was established in 1994 to improve the nutrition and well-being of Americans."
• Teen Health: "TeenHealth was created to help teens, parents, and adults working with teens find reliable health information on the Internet. If you want an answer to a personal question or you need a quick fact for a school assignment you've come to the right place. TeenHealth allows you to link to web pages that address a variety of health issues from a range of perspectives. These pages were selected and evaluated by a Youth Services librarian. Some of the pages were created by teens working with health professionals."
• Eat Right: "The American Dietetic Association is the public's and news media's best source for the most accurate, credible and timely food and nutrition information. ADA's volunteer media spokespeople are resources for expert commentary, story ideas and background on the full range of food and nutrition topics."
• WIC Nutrition Program: "WIC offers families personalized nutrition consultations, tips for eating well to improve health, and medical referrals."
• Project Bread - FoodSource: "You may be eligible for Food Stamps, even if you own your home, are working or have a car. Find out more information at the Project Bread site."