Free/Reduced Lunch Application  Translated Applications

Dear Northeast Families,

Northeast’s Cafeteria Staff is excited to offer delicious and nutritious meals to Northeast Metro Tech School students for the 2025-2026 school year. Our staff ensures that Northeast students are well-fed and ready to learn each day.NE Cafeteria Staff provides nutritious and delicious breakfasts and lunches daily.SCHOOL MEALS ARE FREE for the entire 2025-2026 school year! Northeast Metro Tech School is certified as a CEP (Community Eligibility Provision) school. This is a significant financial benefit to all families, and we encourage all students to take full advantage of this program. Which means that each student is entitled to (1) free breakfast, served at 7:30, when the buses arrive or at 9:45/10:15 during your Shop Break and (1) free lunch, served at your lunch between the hours of 11:00AM -1:00PM. Students must take all components required by NSLP in order for the meal to be free. Please be patient while waiting in line to receive your meal and go through the register, Students are NOT allowed to borrow and/or owe any monies to the Cafeteria for second meals or any ala carte items, ALL second meals/items must be paid for at the time of purchase, either by cash or monies deposited to your myschoolbucks.com account.

REMINDERS: A complete meal must include a fruit or vegetable, and two other items: the choice of meat, grain, milk, fruit or vegetable. Students can decline two of the five items at lunch but must have a fruit or vegetable. Students can declineone item at breakfast but need to have a fruit or vegetable on their tray. You must take a fruit and /or vegetable to make your meal complete, any items you do notwant, place them on our share table.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions regarding our program and the meals we offer, please do not hesitate to contact me, Jessica Bates, at 781-245-0958 or jbates@northeastmetrotech

We look forward to supporting our Northeast Metro Tech students as they embark on this new school year!!

Best regards,

Jessica Bates

Food Service Director

Northeast Metro Tech School

Meal Modifications

All Meals, foods and beverages sold or served at Northeast Metro Tech School meet state and federal requirements based on the USDA Dietary Guidelines. We provide students with access to a variety of affordable and appealing foods that meet the health and nutrition needs of students.

Pre-Payment Options

Please take advantage of the options to prepay your student's meal accounts.
Prepaid meal accounts help the lunch lines go faster and gives students more time to eat, relax, and play.
It also gives you the peace of mind of not having to worry about looking for lunch money every day or worry that it might get lost, stolen or used for other things other than lunch.
 

Online Payments

Online payments are a simple, safe and secure way to make payments to your students account 24 hours a day at your convenience.

Send Check or Cash

You can always bring money personally or send it with your student. Please place it in an envelope marked clearly with your student's name, their ID #, the $ amount and the check #. Turn in prepaid deposits to the cafeteria cashier(s). 

National Lunch Policies  Public Media Release

Our District has developed policies that focus on improving the health of students. These policies were developed by the Food and Nutrition department. Our goal is to share the message of nutrition and wellness via our department's website, which shows the importance of nutrition and fitness. Our site provides information on nutrition and fitness for teachers, parents, and students, as well as a variety of learning tools.

 Key areas include:

• Nutrition Education

• Physical activity

• Other school-based activities that are designed to promote student wellness.

PHILOSOPHY

Northeast Metro Regional Vocational School (NMRVS) believes that children and youth who begin each day as healthy individuals can learn more and learn better and are more likely to complete their formal education. The Board also believes that a healthy staff can more effectively perform their assigned duties and model appropriate wellness behaviors for students. This policy encourages a holistic approach to staff and student wellness that is sensitive to individual and community needs.

 NUTRITION

Academic performance and quality of life are affected by the choices and availability of wholesome and healthy foods at our school. NMRVS will promote healthy eating habits through nutrition education and having these options available throughout the day. These foods support student physical growth, brain development, resistance to disease, emotional stability, and the ability to learn. Therefore we have developed the following wellness policy for our students as well as our staff in agreement with the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 and the Massachusetts School Nutrition Bill, NMRVS offers fresh and nutritious foods that meet the USDA’s Food Nutrition Service Standards. Our breakfast and lunch meals will be nutritional and healthy, they will follow the daily allowance based upon portions for students in grades 9-12. NMRVS provides a safe and healthy cafeteria for all students and staff to eat their breakfast, lunch and other healthy snacks (SMART SNACKS) during our school day. NMRVS will use local produce companies and grocers to assure the freshest and highest quality ingredients for its students.

Competitive Foods and Beverages shall meet the criteria of the State and Federal Standards and Nutritional Guidelines outlined in this policy are as follows, including ALL food and beverages sold, provided, or served to students as in:

 ● School cafeterias, specifically “a la carte” entrees and snacks (SMART SNACKS)

● Vending machines ● School stores

● School snack bars ● Concession stands

● Classrooms and hallways ● Booster sales

● Fundraising activities ● Food trucks on school grounds

● School-sponsored or school-related events, including those with school-sponsored transportation occurring off school grounds, such as sporting events and/or field days.

These guidelines apply to ALL entrees, snacks, side items, and desserts offered or sold outside of the school meals program. All foods and/or beverages promoted and/or advertised to students shall also meet the criteria of the State and Federal Standards and Nutritional Guidelines outlined in this policy as stated above. This policy is reviewed yearly by NMRVS Wellness Committee.

Fundraisers and Smart Snacks: Foods Not Intended for Consumption at School

Competitive Foods/Beverages Guide

A Guide to Smart Snacks in Schools

A-List - John C. Stalker Institute of Food and Nutrition

Snack Time! Discover MyPlate Parent Handout

All suitable staff will be trained in allergy prevention and will have completed choke-saver

courses, in addition, will be trained to notice the signs and symptoms of life threatening allergic reactions and how to deal with medical emergencies that may occur during anytime in the school day. If your child has any allergies or Meal modifications that need to be made, please contact Jessica Bates, FSD at 781-245-0958 or jbates@northeastmetrotech.com for a meal modification form, we will do our best to accommodate meals for all children if it is possible.

LEGAL REFS

105 CMR 225.000: Nutrition Standards for Competitive Foods and

Beverages in Public Schools

Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act Public Law 111-296

 REF

Wellness Solutions - John Stalker Institute :{URL] http://johnstalkerinstitute.org/wellness/

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Cafeteria 

781-246-0810 Ext. 1671