What’s New?

Nutrition Program Updates for February 2025

Below is the new menu for next week, February 24 - 27.

We are over half way through our menu change!

We are making minor changes to the menu this week, switching a few breakfasts and adding a different salad. We are going to use this week to test a few new menu ideas and then continue on with the day changes the following week 3/3/2025.


We will want feedback as the year progresses, and keep in mind that we are always evolving this model! You can email lunch@greatriverschool.org with any feedback you may have.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we navigate this new menu.

We look forward to seeing you in the lunch line,

Your friends in the Great River kitchen, Julie, Sahra, Geoff, Jonah, Lucas, and Mel

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Food Forms For Families

  1. Complete the Educational Benefits Application: If you haven’t already, please fill out the attached application form. It helps us get the appropriate funding as a school.
    (Additional languages available: Spanish, Hmong, Somali, Karen)

  2. Submit the GRS Google Form: This tells our staff if your child intends to eat lunch at school. This should be completed for each child that attends GRS. 

  3. If your child has a medical dietary need (and they plan to eat lunch at school), this Special Diet Statement Form will need to be filled out by your child's licensed physician, physician assistant or certified nurse practitioner. (Note: Lactose- free milk may be provided without a physician's note) As always, students are able to bring food from home that meets their dietary needs. 

Why This Matters:

  • Access to Healthy Meals: Ensures your child receives nutritious meals at school.

  • Support for Our School: Helps our school receive funding that supports various programs and services.

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

(1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or

(2) fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or

(3) email: program.intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Questions can be directed to lunch@greatriverschool.org.

Quick Links

Family Hub" (https://family.schoolcafe.com/GRS) is the parent-facing part of School Cafe where you can view your child's balance, the school lunch menu and nutritional breakdown and fill out an electronic Application for Educational Benefits

Application for Educational Benefits (free/reduced lunch) - English

Application for Educational Benefits - (free/reduced lunch) - Spanish

2024–25 Solicitud de Beneficios Educativos - Español

Application for Educational Benefits - (free/reduced lunch) - Hmong

2024-25 Daim Ntawv Thov Kev Pab Cuam - Hmoob

Application for Educational Benefits - (free/reduced lunch) - Somali

2024–25 Codsi ku saabsan Faa'iidooyinka Waxbarashada - Somali

Application for Educational Benefits - (free/ reduced lunch) - Karen

GRS School Lunch Sign-up Form
This tells our staff if your child intends to eat lunch at school. This should be completed for each child that attends GRS.

Special Diet Statement Form
If your child has a medical dietary need (and they plan to eat lunch at school), this will need to be filled out by your child's licensed physician, physician assistant or certified nurse practitioner. (Note: Lactose- free milk may be provided without a physician's note)