Pewaukee Public Schools Food Service
It has been proven that students need good nutrition to feed their minds and bodies, which enables them to learn while in school. Our goal is to provide high quality, safe, and healthy meals to every Pewaukee  student while providing the best customer service possible.
What's New?
Spring 2012  
 

New USDA Nutrition Standards

The USDA has just released new Nutrition Standards for School Breakfast and Lunch programs that begin taking effect next school year.  The new standards are designed to meet recommended quantities for 24 key nutrients based on the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.  As in the past, school meals need to meet specific menu planning requirements as well as nutrition standards that are measured by the foods students eat on a weekly basis. 

In the regulations for next year, major changes have been made to increase the amounts of fruits and vegetables served each day to specify quantities that must be served of dark green vegetables, orange vegetables, legumes and leafy salad greens.  Milk served must be skim or 1%, and at least half of the grains served must be whole grain rich.  Beginning in July of 2014, all grains must be whole grain rich.   Nutrient standards now will specify nutrients based on three age groups (K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 grades). 

Your food service program has already been working on moving toward these new standards, by offering our Fruit and Vegetable Bars, Harvest of the Month featured items and serving whole grains when available.  We have introduced many new recipes made from scratch to incorporate legumes and a variety of vegetables.  We already serve skim and 1% milk, and use low sodium products which will help us meet the new requirements. 

You will continue to see changes to our menus as we implement the new standards.  As always, we are committed to providing you the highest quality and most nutritious meal for the best value possible, and we appreciate the opportunity to serve you and your family.  

More Scratch Cooking

The National Focus on Childhood Obesity continues, and we are committed to helping introduce more scratch made recipes to students and reduce the number of processed foods that are served in Pewaukee schools.  Our Fall Cycle menu begins this October with some new exciting recipes, and will continue to offer three choices at each Elementary school.   Offering alternate choices gives parents peace of mind that their student will find an entree that they will enjoy, and allow us to introduce new recipes to students. 

Standards for the National School Lunch program have also been modified to include more whole grain, legumes, fruits and vegetables.  Our menus will be changing slightly to accommodate the new standards. 

We understand that changing kids eating habits cannot happen overnight, but we feel it is our responsibility to expose children to a healthier menu, and encourage them to try new things.

Here are some photos of a few of the new entrees you will see featured this fall.

Farm to School

Based on the popularity of our Farm to School Program last year, we have partnered with Catalano Produce company to bring farm fresh fruits and vegetables to Pewaukee School District students more often!

We have identified items that can be purchased locally from Wisconsin Farms during their growing season.  Students will be able to see the name of the farm and where it is located when we feature farm fresh products.

We are excited to bring the freshest possible fruits and vegetables and use Wisconsin Family farms as much as we can during the school year.