The document provides the weekly lunch menu for a school district for grades K-8 and 9-12. It lists the main entree, sides, and fruits/vegetables provided each day. It also notes serving sizes and that milk is included with each meal. A footnote cites statistics that only 10% of American kids get enough Vitamin D and 40% get enough calcium in their diets.
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Lunch Fact
Only one in 10 American kids gets enough Vitamin D, and about four out of 10 kids get
the recommended amount of calcium.
March 2013
Reference: CDC; NCHS. 2007-08. Internet: http://cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.
AGSD District Lunch Menu
monday
tuesday
**For grades K-8
All serving sizes of fruit are ½ cup. Serving sizes of grain are 1-2 oz.
All serving sizes of vegetables are ½ cup (1 cups for leafy greens).
All meals include 1% white or skim chocolate milk.
Other
Dark Green
Pizza
Green Tossed Salad
Red/Orange
4
Legumes
Crispitos
Refried Beans,
wednesday
thursday
**For grades 9-12
Hot Beef Sandwich,
1
All serving sizes of fruit are ½-1 cup. Serving sizes of grain are 1-2 oz.
Mashed Potatoes w/gravy
All serving sizes of vegetables are ½-1 cup (1 cups for leafy greens).
All meals include 1% white or skim chocolate milk.
Orange Slices,
Starchy
5
friday
Milk
Tuna Fish Sandwich
Tomato Soup
6
Chicken Patty Sand.
w/lettuce and tomato
Strawberry Cups,
Spanish Rice,
Goldfish Crackers
Chewy Granola Bar
Sliced Pears,
Melon Slices
Sliced cucumbers,
Applesauce Cups,
Milk
7
Teriyaki Chicken
8
“Fried Rice” Mixed
Vegetables, Orange Slices,
Milk
Milk
Spring
Milk
11
Break
Welcome Back…
Cook’s
Spring
12
Break
18
Surprise!
Chicken Wraps
Sweet Potato Fries
Spring
13
Break
19
Sloppy Joes on Wheat
Bun, Baked Beans,
Spring
Milk
14
Break
20
Baked Chicken Strips,
Corn on the Cob,
Spring
Break
21
Baked Fish Sandwich,
Cole Slaw
Carrot Sticks,
Egg Roll, Grahams,
Peaches, Milk
Apple Slices
25
Mandarin Oranges
Melons Slices,
Milk
Muffin, Milk
22
Strawberry Cups
Milk
Chinese Chicken,
15
G0-Gurts, Milk
Ham & Cheese Sandwich
Nacho Supreme,
Bean Soup w/wheat
crackers, Orange slices,
Go-Gurt,
Spanish Rice,
26
Milk
27
Tossed Salad Applesauce
Cups, Milk
Pizza
Spinach Salad
w/strawberries, Sliced
Peaches, Milk
28
Beef & Bean Burrito
29
Corn on the Cob, Sliced
Cucumbers, Strawberry
Cups, Chewy Granola Bar,
Milk